Police Searching For Escaped Inmate In Mercer County
MERCER COUNTY (KDKA) -- Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Sharon Community Corrections Center on Friday afternoon.
According to state police, 23-year-old Cody Allen Kuntz escaped from the Corrections Facility on 300 West State St. in the city of Sharon around 4:30 p.m.
Kuntz is 5-feet 7-inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. He is described as having a stocky build. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black athletics shorts and black Nike shoes. He was carrying a large garbage bag containing his clothes when he escaped.
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State police say Kuntz ran out the facility's kitchen door, across the back parking lot and down a hill toward North Irvine Avenue. A Community Corrections Monitor witnessed the escape. Staff heard the kitchen door alarm go off and saw Kuntz fleeing on the security monitor.
Kuntz was serving a sentence for the manufacturing/selling/delivery of drugs or possession with intent to deliver, which is a felony charge. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest.
Anyone who sees Kuntz or has any information on his whereabouts should call the Pennsylvania State Police Mercer Barracks at 724-662-6162 or Mercer County 911.