Sheriff’s office searching for inmate who left work detail

HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding an inmate who walked away from a work detail.

The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office provided this picture on their Facebook page of the inmate.

On Oct. 20 at around 5 p.m., authorities were notified of an inmate who walked away from a work detail.

The inmate is John Richard Moore, white male, 44 years of age, 5’10, 185 lbs, last wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. He is serving time for burglary and theft over $2,500.

According to authorities, no direction of travel is known due to a delay in the work detail supervisor reporting him missing.

The last known location of John Moore was Fairview, TN. No other information is available at this time.

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