FLORENCE–Authorities are actively searching for an escaped inmate.

Around 9:22p last night Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick, W/M, 43, escaped from the Lauderdale County Detention Center. Kilpatrick was being held without bond and was awaiting trial for the attempted murder of a Florence Police Officer. Kilpatrick was last seen fleeing south [...]]]>

Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick

FLORENCE–Authorities are actively searching for an escaped inmate.

Around 9:22p last night Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick, W/M, 43, escaped from the Lauderdale County Detention Center. Kilpatrick was being held without bond and was awaiting trial for the attempted murder of a Florence Police Officer. Kilpatrick was last seen fleeing south along Seminary Street from the detention center. Kilpatrick should be considered armed and dangerous. Kilpatrick is 6-00 tall and weighs approx. 160 lbs. Anyone who comes into contact with him should notify local police immediately by calling 911. The Florence Police Department and ALEA are assisting the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office on this escapee.

FLORENCE-(SHOALS INSIDER)-Authorities tell the Shoals Insider, local police had to call in the help of the US Marshall’s Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force to capture a former maintenance man for Heritage Christian University, who police say burglarized the school and some of the vehicles parked at the school.

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Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick

FLORENCE-(SHOALS INSIDER)-Authorities tell the Shoals Insider, local police had to call in the help of the US Marshall’s Gulf Coast Fugitive Task Force to capture a former maintenance man for Heritage Christian University, who police say burglarized the school and some of the vehicles parked at the school.

Florence Police Investigator Scott Perkins said 42-year-old, Christopher Wayne Kilpatrick, of Florence, was apprehended in Birmingham by US Marshalls after police discovered his whereabouts.

Kilpatrick was driving an automobile he had stolen from Waldridge Sreet in Florence.

Police say on the night of February 11th,  Kilpatrick broke into the school’s office and stole some credit cards. Reports indicate Kilpatrick also broke into two other cars in the Forest Hills Subdivision.

Kilpatrick is being held in the Lauderdale County Detention Center without bail.  He is currently charged with third-degree burglary, illegal possession of a credit card, first-degree theft of property, fourth-degree theft of property, and three counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle.

Police say they are seeing a trend where people are leaving their keys in their cars as well as purses and other valuable items which make them an easy target.

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