UPDATE: Adams was apprehended Monday night at a gas station in Steuben County.
PENDLETON, Ind. (AP) _ Authorities have been searching for an inmate who escaped from a minimum-security dormitory at a central Indiana prison.
State prison officials say 28-year-old Charles Adams was determined to be missing Sunday night from the dormitory that's outside the maximum-security area of the Pendleton Correctional Facility.
Police agencies are searching the area around the prison about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
State records show Adams was serving a nearly 2-year sentence for theft and receiving stolen property from an October conviction in Steuben County. Adams is described as a white male, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, about 150 pounds several tattoos on his face and neck.
