Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a state prison in Miami-Dade County.
Florida Department of Corrections officials say Ronald B. McCoy escaped Friday afternoon from the Dade Correctional Institution in Florida City.
Prison records show that McCoy was serving a life sentence stemming from a string of robbery and assault charges in 2003.
Details about how McCoy escaped were not immediately available. Messages left Saturday for a Department of Corrections spokeswoman were not immediately returned.
Anyone with information about McCoy's whereabouts are urged to call local law enforcement or the Department of Corrections at 850-922-6867.
The prison has been under scrutiny and its warden was fired after the death of a mentally ill inmate.
