Convicted Burglar Escapes From McAlester Prison

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MCALESTER, Oklahoma -- State prison officials are looking for a 21-year-old Washington County man who escaped from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester late Wednesday evening.

Jacob Stevens was reported missing after an 8:30 p.m. headcount.

Stevens, who is 6'2", 176 pounds, with brown eyes and hair, was serving a 5-year sentence on a first degree burglary conviction.

Prison officials say Stevens has a brother living in Nowata and they are investigating a report his brother may have picked him up.

Authorities are also looking around the prison in case he is still in the McAlester area.

Anyone with information about Stevens urged to call Jackie Brannon Correctional Center at 918-421-3399.