Authorities haven’t released any updates about the search for four escaped inmates Sunday, a day after they were discovered missing from a federal prison’s satellite camp in Virginia.
Inmates Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw were discovered missing from the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp in Hopewell, Virginia, around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a news release. The minimum security facility houses 185 male offenders, officials said. Officials did not release any details about how the inmates escaped. Officials didn’t release any new information about the search Sunday.
The U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies were notified and an internal investigation has been initiated, officials said.
Branch, 41, was sentenced in the Eastern District of Virginia to more than 13 years for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and felon in possession of a firearm. Graham, 44, was sentenced in the Eastern District of North Carolina to 10 years for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of cocaine base, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Willis, 30, was sentenced in the Eastern District of Virginia to 18 years for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Shaw, 46, was sentenced in the Western District of Virginia to more than 16 years for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a measurable quantity of heroin.
Graham was serving 120 months for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more and 28 grams or more of cocaine base. He was also sentenced for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to the bureau.
Willis was serving a 216-month sentence for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm, as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Shaw was sentenced to 194 months for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a measurable quantity of heroin.
The U.S. Marshals is asking anyone with information to contact the agency at (804) 545-8501.
The low-level prison houses a total of 675 inmates, including 185 from the satellite camp, according to the Bureau of Prisons website.
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