Walkoff Inmate Taken Into Custody

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- UPDATE: Authorities say Joseph McDonald has been taken back into custody.

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Public Safety officials with the Department of Public Safety Correctional Services say they are looking for an inmate who walked off from a prison property late Tuesday morning.

Public Safety officials say they are looking for 24-year-old Joseph McDonald, who walked off from Threshold prison, in the 1700  block of St. Paul Street in Baltimore.

They say McDonald was serving a two-year sentence for burglary.

Officials say McDonald weighs about 145 pounds, is 5'9″ and has a medium build.

They ask that anyone with information about McDonald's whereabouts should contact police.

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