FORKS — The Department of Corrections and local law enforcement are searching for a prisoner today who escaped from Olympic Corrections Center 25 miles south of Forks.
Darby R. Maguire, 27, went missing from the minimum-security prison on Saturday, and was discovered gone at about 8:20 p.m. when he missed a check-in after a recreation period, said Chad Lewis, state Department of Corrections spokesman.
Maguire is 6 feet tall with brown eyes and short brown hair, Lewis said.
When last seen, Maguire was wearing the prison uniform of a red shirt and khaki pants
Maguire is serving a 4½-year prison sentence after being convicted of three counts of third-degree assault and one count of second-degree robbery in Whatcom County. He began his sentence in January 2010, and was scheduled to be released in July 2014.
Anyone who encounters Maguire or knows of his whereabouts should call 9-1-1 immediately, Lewis said, adding that citizens should not try to take any other action to apprehend him.
Prison officials put Olympic Corrections Center on lockdown and initiated a response team once they realized Maguire was unaccounted for, he said.
The search team includes staff members from Olympic Corrections Center, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the Washington State Patrol and Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a medium-security prison near Aberdeen.
The prison staff also is investigating to determine how Maguire escaped.
Olympic Corrections Center houses about 375 offenders.
