Mississippi Authorities Search For Escaped Inmate

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 45-year-old man serving more than 60 years on a range of charges including armed robbery and kidnapping escaped Mississippi's maximum security prison, state officials said Monday.

Gregory Trigg escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm in the Mississippi Delta's Sunflower County, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Details on when Trigg escaped or how he did so were not immediately released.

Trigg is serving 61 years for nine sentences from Madison County, including armed robbery, two counts of kidnapping, residential burglary, conspiracy to commit a crime and convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He is also serving time for vehicle burglary and theft committed in Rankin County and nonresidential burglary committed in Scott County, the state's corrections department said.