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Delaware police search for escaped inmate

by theGrio | April 11, 2011 at 8:41 AM
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Delaware State police are currently searching for an inmate who walked away from the Webb Correctional Center Sunday.

Twenty-two-year-old Steven Byrd walked out of the facility on Greenbank Road in Wilmington just before 3 p.m.

Byrd is approximately 5’9” and weighs 178 lbs. He was last seen leaving a nearby Sears store wearing a black t-shirt with unknown writing and a dark pair of shorts. Byrd also wears glasses.

Delaware State Police is asking anyone with information on Byrd’s whereabouts to contact authorities immediately.

Webb Correctional is a minimum-security facility.

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