RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 54-year-old John Ervin Kirkland.

Deputies describe Kirkland as bald, with hazel eyes, approximately 6 feet tall, and weighs 165 pounds. He was last seen wearing a button-up shirt, blue jeans, and brown work boots.

He was driving a white 2008 Ford Econoline van with North Carolina tag LEY6947, which may have ladders on the roof but no other markings or labels. Kirkland was last known to be in the Hinshaw Country Road area of Liberty and may now be in the Greensboro area, deputies said.

Anyone with information about Kirkland’s whereabouts is asked to call 911, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office at 336-318-6698, or the Randolph County Crime Stoppers tip line at 336-672-7463. T

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