Overview

• The 40-year-old, identified as Michael Todd Hart, fled the minimum/medium security facility Tuesday evening, according to deputies.
• Investigators say he may be traveling north from the jail toward Independence, Minnesota, as the active search continues.
• Hart is described as 5-foot-10 with brown hair and blue eyes, last seen in a yellow sweatshirt, gray T-shirt, and blue pants.
• Court records show an August sentence in a 2024 domestic assault case was stayed for a year, leaving the basis for his current detention unconfirmed.
• The Northeast Regional Corrections Center serves several northeast Minnesota counties and sits about 15 miles northwest of Duluth.