Crime & Safety
Inmate Escapes From Work Release In Shelby County
An inmate at the Childersburg Work Release Center walked away from a work release detail in Shelby County.
SHELBY COUNTY, AL - An inmate at Childersburg Work Release Center has escaped from a job site in Shelby County. Jerry Randolph Anthony, 34, was last seen at 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the undisclosed site in Columbiana.
Anthony was convicted in 2008 of assault in Montgomery County and sentenced to 50 years in prison. He is described as a black male, 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds.
This is not the first time Anthony has escaped a work release job site. In 2013, Anthony escaped from a community work center in Camden. He was found by U.S. Marshals a week later In Revere, Alabama, hiding in a home.
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Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Alabama Department of Corrections at 1-800-831-8825.
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