Law enforcement searching for escaped prisoner

 By Staff Writers

Haleodore Zepeta

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Area law enforcement officers are currently searching for a 37-year-old prisoner serving jail time for drug charges who escaped from a Montgomery prison earlier today.
This afternoon the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Haleodore Zepeta was declared missing from Maxwell, a minimum security prison work camp in Montgomery, early Wednesday morning.
Zepeta was in prison for possession and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. His release date was set for October 2018.
The department is working with local and state police and the F.B.I. to locate the man said to be 5'7 with black hair and brown eyes, weighing approximately 130 pounds.
Anyone with information on Zepeta should contact law enforcement or the U.S. Marshals Service at 334-657-0559.