LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - An inmate at Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington has walked away from the minimum security prison.
A statement from the facility says 45-year-old Charles Blanton, who was serving a 16-year sentence on charges out of Laurel County including manufacturing methamphetamine, went missing Sunday evening. He would have been eligible for parole in December.
Blanton is described as a 6-foot, 200 pound white male with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call the Kentucky State Police at (502) 227-2221 or the Lexington Division of Police at (859) 258-3600.
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