Law enforcement officials in Calloway County are searching for a Calloway County Jail inmate who reportedly escaped from a work detail Thursday afternoon.
According to Kentucky State Police, Henry M. Rickard Jr. was last seen operating a Calloway County Road Department vehicle in the area of Sycamore Industrial Road in Murray around 12:45 p.m. The truck has since been located abandoned near the community of Buchanan. Tennessee authorities are searching the Buchanan area for Rickard.
Rickard is described as a white male standing 5’7” tall and weighing approximately 140 pounds. He has salt and pepper hair and brown eyes. He was incarcerated for drug and weapons charges and should be considered dangerous.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Kentucky State Police at 270-856-3721 or dial 911.