Escaped Inmate from Anderson County Captured in Greenville

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said an inmate with ties to Seneca who escaped from custody Wednesday night was located in Greenville Friday morning.

James Holley Cobb

James Holley Cobb was serving time at the detention center as part of the state’s trustee program that assigns inmates to local facilities to help with maintenance and other public works duties. Detention center staff noticed that Cobb was gone after they conducted an inmate headcount just after 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Cobb was found in Greenville, is currently being held at the Greenville County Detention Center and will be returned to the South Carolina Department of Corrections.