Overview

• The Alabama Department of Corrections says 66-year-old Phillip Russell Deason left his assigned job site in Huntsville on Tuesday evening and is considered escaped.
• Reports differ on the last-seen time, with ADOC indicating around 6 p.m. and CrimeStoppers noting approximately 7:20 p.m. at United Plating.
• Deason is described as 5'9" and 180 pounds with red or auburn hair and blue eyes, last seen in blue jeans, a blue and white shirt, and a ball cap.
• ADOC records reported by WHNT list him at North Alabama CBF/CWC under minimum community custody for theft of property I with a sentence dating to Dec. 13, 1999.
• WVTM reports he is serving a life sentence for theft in Montgomery, and officials ask anyone with information to contact local police or ADOC at 1-800-831-8825.