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Authorities are searching for four prisoners who have escaped from a federal prison in Virginia this weekend, officials said.
Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis, and Kareem Allen Shaw went missing from a satellite camp in Petersburg, a federal correctional facility in Hopewell, Virginia, around 1:45 am on Saturday. FOX5 in Washington, DC reported. Hopewell is about 32 km from the state capital, Richmond, Virginia.
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The prisoner was reported missing by the US Prison Office and said the prisoner had left the minimum security facility. No other details were provided regarding their escape.
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FOX 5 reports that the US Marshals Service, the FBI, and local law enforcement agencies were immediately notified of the missing prisoners and began an internal investigation into how they fled.
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One of the prisoners was reportedly sentenced to drug-related sentences, one was sentenced to possession of firearms, and the other two were sentenced to both drug-related and firearm-related crimes.
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Shaw, 46, was sentenced to 16 years in a plot to sell heroin.
Willis, 30, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for possession and concealment of stolen firearms and possession of firearms by a convicted serious offender.
The 41-year-old Branch was sentenced to 13 years in prison with the intention of distributing fentanyl. He was also convicted of a felony in possession of a firearm.
Graham, 44, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing cocaine and the intention of distributing gun charges.
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The Marshals Service recommends that anyone with information about whereabouts call (804) 545-8501.