Inmate walks away from Northpoint Training Center

BURGIN, Ky. (WTVQ) – A release from the Kentucky Department of Corrections says that an inmate at Northpoint Training Center walked away from the minimum-security facility Friday morning at around 7:00 a.m.

Authorities say Thomas L. Meeks, 39, was serving an 18-year sentence on convictions out of Garrard and Madison County for burglary, and theft.  He would have been up for parole in March 2018.

Meeks is described as 5’11” tall, weighing 200 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Anyone with any information concerning Meeks is asked to contact the Kentucky State Police-Richmond Post at 859-623-2404 or the Boyle County Sheriff’s Department at 859-238-1123.