Police searching for work release inmate who walked off job

Arkansas Department of Corrections has issued an alert to local law enforcement of a missing work release inmate in Texarkana.

According to the alert 37-year-old Joshua Patterson was last seen around 7 a.m. at M&M Milling on Globe Ave. in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Patterson was last seen wearing a tan shirt and gray pants. He his 6’1″ 247 pounds with brown hair.

According to the alert his charges are breaking and entering, theft of property, forgery, possession of a controlled substance – meth from Benton County, Arkansas.