Law enforcement looking for Lamar County escaped inmate

LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI) – Lamar County, Alabama law enforcement are searching for an inmate that escaped custody.

Sheriff Hal Allred said Jimmy Randolph, 33, was taken to a doctor’s office for treatment and over powered a jailer.

Another inmate was also injured in the melee.

Randolph is white male and is about 6’0. He has a shaved head and blue eyes.

Allred said Randolph was in jail on a failure to appear charge.

Right now, the search is centered around Ridgeland Manor Apartments, in north Vernon.

Area schools are on a soft lockdown, as a precaution.