By Associated Press - Wednesday, January 4, 2017

ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a southwest Missouri jail inmate who walked off a work detail.

KOLR-TV (https://bit.ly/2iHIsu2 ) reports that 42-year-old Virgil Jay Potarf vanished Tuesday night while working at the detention center in McDonald County. Potarf has a history of alcohol and drug use and of assaults.

Anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff’s office.



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Information from: KOLR-TV, https://www.kolr10.com

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