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Inmates Sought After Escaping From Correctional Facility In Berks County

/ CBS Philadelphia

By Steve Beck

WERNERSVILLE, Pa. (CBS) -- Police are searching for two men who escaped from a correctional facility in Berks County.

The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Wernersville Community Corrections Center.

According to investigators, Justin Andrews and Shawn Lawless pulled a fire alarm and were able to escape the building and run off in an unknown direction.

Andrews is from Allentown and Lawless is from Wernersville.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is urged to call the Pennsylvania State Police at 610-378-4011.

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First published on November 20, 2014 / 7:50 AM EST

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