Search for fugitive who escaped St. Peter sex offender facility
Officials are searching for a man who escaped from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in St. Peter.
St. Peter Police Department is searching for 53-year-old Steven Loren Edwards, who reportedly escaped the MSOP facility on Saturday.
Edwards was last seen leaving the 2500 block of Bridge Avenue in Albert Lea in a silver 2004 Dodge Stratus, according to the BCA. He was wearing a black sweatshirt, black pants and black tennis shoes at the time.
Edwards is described as 5'6' and 265 pounds with short white hair, a beard and blue eyes.
The BCA encouraged anyone with information on Edwards' location not to approach him and to contact the St. Peter Police Department at (507) 931-1550.
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