Inmate walks away from Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex

WEST LIBERTY, Ky. (WTVQ) –Jail officials with the Easter Kentucky Correctional Complex say a minimum-security inmate walked away from a work detail at a local tree farm.

Officials say 40-year-old John Parrott walked off around 12:30 p.m. Friday.

Parrott was serving a 38-year sentence for convictions out of Nelson and Jefferson counties for second degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking, first-degree burglary, receiving stolen property, second-degree robbery, possession of handgun by convicted felon, first-degree wanton Endangerment and second-degree escape.

Parrott would have been eligible for parole this March.

Parrott is described as 6 foot, 210 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with any information concerning Parrott is asked to contact the Kentucky State Police Post 8 in Morehead KY at 606-784-4127.