Escaped inmate on the run in Paulding County

An inmate in a black-and-white jumpsuit escaped from Paulding County deputies Tuesday, officials said.

Jasmine Dickover was last seen near Cole Lake Road and the Tuscany Trace subdivision about 1:30 p.m., Paulding sheriff's office spokeswoman Sgt. Ashley Henson said. Dickover walked away from a work detail.

Henson said Dickover, 31, was in jail on a failure to appear warrant related to an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. She was on hold out of Polk County, Henson said.

She’s described as 4-foot-11, 110 pounds with brown and hot pink hair.

Police are urging anyone with information about the inmate to call 911 immediately.

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