TEMPLE, Ga. - Authorities in Carroll County are searching for an escaped inmate who vanished Monday afternoon from a work detail near Temple.

Inmate walks off Carroll County work detail

What we know:

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said inmate David Emsley Wheeles was reported missing around 3:30 p.m. after a correctional officer discovered he was unaccounted for during a work detail in the area of East Luke Drive and Highway 113.

Deputies, along with other law enforcement agencies, are actively searching the area and urging residents to remain alert. Anyone who spots Wheeles or someone matching his description is asked not to approach but to call 911 immediately.

Wheeles, born in 1989, is described as a white male, 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighing about 175 pounds. He has blac

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