Deputies looking for Mississippi inmate who escaped work detail

Published 5:22 am Friday, May 13, 2022

Mississippi law enforcement officers are looking for an inmate who has escaped.

On Thursday, May 12, 2022, at approximately 2:42 pm an inmate of the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office walked off from a work detail located at the Paul Battle Arena in Tunica, Mississippi.

The inmate, identified as Richard Patrick, was being held by TCSO on a $5,000 bond for the charge of Taking of a Motor Vehicle.

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Patrick is described as a 52-year-old white, male. He is approximately 5’10 and weighs 152 pounds.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Richard Patrick please contact law enforcement officers at (662)-363-1411 or you may call Crime Stoppers at (662)-910-0400.