Hutch Post

CHASE, Kan. – Law enforcement across the state are still on the lookout for an escaped prisoner from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility

Authorities say 43-year-old Christopher Ward walked away from a work site at Cal-Maine Industries in Chase, Kansas, around 5:30 p.m., Saturday evening.

Ward, is five feet, eight inches tall, weighs 181-pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes.

He is serving time for aggravated burglary, burglary, theft, flee and elude and aggravated escape from custody. These convictions are from Butler and Sedgwick counties. He has numerous other convictions for similar crimes.

He was due to be released from prison on May 29, 2016.

Anyone with information about this inmate can call the Kansas Department of Corrections at 620-662-2321, The Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1.800-572-7463 or your local law enforcement agency.