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   RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina burglary suspect who was fought   
   off by an 11-year-old boy with a machete was caught Sunday,   
   nearly two days after he slipped away from the hospital where he   
   was treated for a head wound. His capture came after a manhunt   
   and finger-pointing about who was to blame for his escape.   
      
   Sgt. Shane Brown of the Burlington Police Department said   
   Jataveon Dashawn Hall was arrested in an apartment there Sunday   
   afternoon. Hall, 19, was returned to Orange County, where the   
   sheriff's office said he faces charges including breaking and   
   entering and assault.   
      
   Authorities said the boy was alone in the house in Mebane, about   
   40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of Raleigh, on Friday morning   
   when Hall broke in after another suspect rang the doorbell and a   
   third waited outside. Hall forced the boy into a closet and was   
   stealing electronics when the boy emerged, grabbed a machete and   
   hit the suspect in the head with the blade, drawing blood,   
   according to the sheriff's office.   
      
   The boy swung a second time but missed. Authorities didn't say   
   where the machete had been stored.   
      
   Hall and the other suspects then fled.   
      
   "When Hall realized he was bleeding, he dropped the   
   electronics," left the home and departed with another man and a   
   woman, the sheriff's office said.   
      
   It wasn't clear if Hall had an attorney; no phone listing for   
   him could be found.   
      
   It was what happened after Hall sought treatment that raised   
   questions about how he was guarded.   
      
   Hall went Friday afternoon to a UNC Hospital branch in   
   Hillsborough, seeking treatment, according to Orange County   
   Sheriff Charles Blackwood, who said Hall was never in the   
   custody of his office that day. Deputies were notified, and one   
   waited in a public area of the hospital for more investigators   
   to arrive, the sheriff's office said, adding that "at this   
   point, Hall was only a suspect and there was no legal authority   
   to hold him."   
      
   The sheriff then obtained warrants and asked hospital police to   
   notify his office before discharging Hall, which Blackwood   
   described as standard practice.   
      
   Hall was transferred to UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill   
   because of the severity of his wound. But surveillance video   
   shows Hall left the second hospital with his head wrapped in a   
   bandage and wearing a hospital gown and blue socks around 8 p.m.   
   Friday. A nurse noted in his chart shortly thereafter that he   
   had left.   
      
   However, the sheriff's office said they weren't notified until   
   the next morning when they called to inquire about him. The   
   reason for the delay wasn't clear.   
      
   "I am not in the business of assigning blame," the sheriff said   
   in a statement Sunday. "However, it has become clear to me that   
   another statement was necessary to defend the actions of my   
   deputies and investigators and to place this matter in the   
   correct context."   
      
   UNC Health Care noted Sunday morning the sheriff didn't place a   
   deputy to guard Hall, saying suspects under treatment "remain   
   the legal responsibility of law enforcement." The hospital   
   system added that "nurses and physicians cannot be both   
   caregivers and law enforcement at the same time."   
      
   A sheriff's spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to an email   
   Sunday afternoon asking if the other two suspects had been   
   identified or caught.   
      
   The boy's mother, Kaitlin Johnson, told WTVD-TV she was upset   
   Hall had escaped from the hospital, adding, "It was infuriating."   
      
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