Deputies searching for escaped inmate

The Wayne County Sheriff's Department is searching for a man who escaped

from the Wayne County Adult Detention Center on Monday.

Martin Ralls III escaped from the jail Monday. He is a 42-year-old white

male, 5-foot-7 and weighing approximately 175 pounds.

He was last seen leaving the facility and running into the woods nearby.

He was wearing an orange Wayne County Jail jumpsuit.

Ralls was arrested on Tuesday, March 5 after an extended search by local

authorities. Deputies and other officials had been seeking to arrest

Ralls on a felony warrant and a drone was used to locate him.

On the day of his arrested, he allegedly tried to break into a home on

J.A. Bunch Road in Clara and was apprehended shortly after that

incident. No one was harmed in that incident.

Ralls was charged with resisting arrest (two counts), fleeing, felony

fleeing, burglary, child endangerment, possession of a weapon by a

convicted felon and grand larceny.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1

immediately.

To provide tips on his whereabouts, call Wayne County Central Dispatch

at 601-735-2323.