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UPDATE: Casey County Sheriff's Department still searching for 1 inmate

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Posted at 6:21 AM, Dec 01, 2022
and last updated 2022-12-01 14:51:30-05

UPDATE:
According to the Sheriff's Department, Angela Mason has been found and is in custody, but they are still looking for Chasity Burton.

ORIGINAL:
Casey County Sheriff's Department is searching for two female inmates who escaped at 4:20 a.m. Thursday from unlocked doors in a work center. We are told the doors have to be unlocked by law.

The inmates have been identified as Angela Mason and Chasity Burton. We are told the women are both Level 1 offenders and classified to work in the community.

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Sheriff Weddle tells us the women are not considered armed and dangerous but he says they are criminals.

The women are still missing.

Casey County Schools operated on an hour delay Thursday as a safety precaution, according to a Facebook post from the superintendent.

Stay with us for the latest updates.