29-05-2025
Inmate escapes from Johnson County work release, considered ‘dangerous'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An inmate of the Kansas Department of Corrections escaped Wednesday night and is considered dangerous, according to the department of corrections.
Anthony Mansfield was placed on escape status at around 10 p.m. on Wednesday after failing to show up for work or return to the Johnson County Department of Corrections Adult Residential Center.
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Mansfield is a 36-year-old white man who the department says is considered dangerous.
According to a news release, he was reported missing when he could not be found at the correction center.
Mansfield is 5-foot-8 and weighs 185 pounds with an 'average build,' the department of corrections said. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Mansfield was last seen wearing a white T-shirt with black designs, a long black sleeve undershirt, brown boots, a brown baseball hat and stonewashed jeans.
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Mansfield was convicted in Johnson County for eight months of incarceration for criminal damage to property convictions.
Anyone with information on Mansfield's whereabouts can call EAI at 816-266-2102, JCDOC at 913-715-6539, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 800-572-7463 or local law enforcement at 911.
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