ADOC: Authorities searching for two inmates who escaped in Decatur

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Department of Corrections is asking for help locating two men who escaped from their assigned jobs in Decatur on Friday.

ADOC is asking for help in finding 62-year-old Randall Sparks and 51-year-old Louis Pattillo. Sparks is serving a 20-year sentence for third-degree burglary in Russell County and Pattillo is serving a 20-year sentence for possession of a controlled substance in Etowah County.

Both men escaped from the North Alabama Community Based Facility/Community Work Center in Decatur on Friday.

Sparks reportedly escaped around 1 a.m. and Pattillo escaped at 7:25 p.m.

ADOC says that Pattillo is about 6 feet tall and around 180 pounds. His hair is reportedly brown and he has blue eyes. The corrections facility says he left his job site in a Red 1996 GMC Sonoma with a silver toolbox.

Sparks is about 5’11” and around 150 pounds. ADOC says he has brown hair and brown eyes.

Both men report to Lieutenant Nathaniel Odell.

If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of this escapee, please notify your local law enforcement agency, the facility from which the inmates escaped or call the Alabama Dept. of Corrections at (800) 831-8825.

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