Deputies in North Carolina are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Alexander County Detention Center on Thursday evening.
Officers said the inmate, identified as Jason Mullen, who is from the Statesville area, may have stolen a car from the Catawba Valley Community College Alexander Center for Education and Applied Technology next to the jail.
Deputies believe Mullen may be in a stolen 1987 gray Dodge truck with license plate DKJ 7042.
The inmate was a trustee and took off while taking out trash, according to deputies.
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