Archived as originally published. Information reflects the date of this article.
Red River Parish sheriff's deputies need the public's help in finding an escapee.
Ranson Thomas, 43, walked away from a work detail Thursday morning.
The trustee was on an assigned job on U.S. Highway 371 in Coushatta when is disappeared.
He is 5 feet tall and weighs around 200 pounds, bald, with a salt and pepper beard.
Ranson was last seen wearing a green camouflage floppy hat, jeans and a grey sweatshirt over his inmate shirt that read RRPJ Inmate Worker.
If anyone sees him, call the Red River Sheriff's Office at (318) 932-6701 or 932-4221.