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Escapee on the Run

By AP

Oklahoma City, OK – Inmate escapes from Okla. minimum security prison

(Information in the following story is from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Officials are looking for an inmate who has escaped from a prison south of Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/pbVxAC) reports that Clarence Braden walked away from the minimum security unit at Lexington Correctional Center. The 48-year-old Braden is believed to have escaped at 9 p.m. Friday.

The minimum security unit at Lexington is not fenced.

Braden is serving a six-year sentence for grand larceny and was due to be released in January 2014.

He's described as 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.