Alabama authorities still searching for escaped Sheffield inmate

(Sheffield PD)

Alabama authorities are still searching for an inmate who they say escaped from police custody in Sheffield.

Al.com cites a department Facebook post as saying William Anthony Taylor Jr. escaped around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Authorities say he was last seen fleeing on foot.

(Associated Press, copyright 2018)

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