Mississippi escapee still on the loose after leading La. authorities on multi-parish chase

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A manhunt in Pointe Coupee Parish Saturday night has law enforcement looking for an escaped prisoner from Mississippi.

A spokesman with the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office confirmed the prisoner they are looking for is 28-year-old Ryan Young.

Authorities say Young is a state prisoner who escaped in Lauderdale County, MS. He led multiple law enforcement agencies on a multi-parish pursuit before crashing on U.S. 190 between Livonia and Blanks. Young then ran from the crashed vehicle and was not in custody as of 11 p.m. Saturday, December 2, according to the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections said Young escaped when was being returned to the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility from Meridian to be taken to court on Wednesday, November 29.

Young is serving a 40-year sentence for vehicle and residential burglaries, grand larceny, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, all committed in Claiborne County.

He is described as being 5-foot-9, weighing around 190 pounds. He was last seen wearing a MDOC yellow jumpsuit.

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