WAYNESVILLE (AP) - Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from a south-central Missouri jail.
The two men escaped from the Pulaski County jail early Sunday. Sheriff Ron Long said in a release the inmates requested a medical check, then stole the jailer's keys and fled.
The jailer was not injured.
The escaped inmates are identified as 32-year-old James Randall "J.R." Sherrell and 27-year-old Dustin Richardson. The sheriff said Sherrell was being held on suspicion of drug possession and interfering with an arrest, and Richardson was being held on suspicion of first-degree child molestation.
The Missouri Highway Patrol is assisting Pulaski County with the search.