Elizabethtown man escapes from custody in Richmond

An escapee in Madison County the Kentucky State Police is currently searching for has local ties.

Troopers are currently searching for 28-year-old Jarod Ryan Barnes, who KSP Post Seven Public Affairs Officer Trooper Justin Kearney says walked away from the Bluegrass Career and Development Center in Richmond just before 6:45 p.m. on Sunday.

The KSP says Barnes is serving a sentence for multiple charges including second degree Engaging in Organized Crime-Criminal Syndicate and first degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance. According to the KSP, Barnes is from Elizabethtown and “Barnes is known to frequent Elizabethtown, Jefferson, Hardin, and surrounding counties.”

Barnes is described as a black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is five feet nine inches tall and weighs 206 pounds. He was last seen wearing a white tank top, black sweatpants, and white tennis shoes, and has several tattoos on his chest and arms.

Anybody with possible information on Barnes’s whereabouts is asked to contact KSP Post Seven at 859-623-2404.

(Photo Credit: KSP Post 7)