Edgar Jaquez Moreno (Dallas County Sheriff's Department)

Updated at 11:19 a.m. Thursday with details on the search.

Officials expanded their search Thursday for an inmate who escaped Wednesday night from the Dallas County Jail.

Edgar Jaquez-Moreno, 24, was with a group of inmates who were dumping trash into the compactor outside the jail about 8 p.m. when he decided to flee, sheriff's department spokeswoman Melinda Urbina said.

He is considered a non-violent offender, she said.

Officials are continuing to search the area around the jail at West Commerce Street and North Riverfront Boulevard and are now also looking at possible locations where he could have fled, Urbina said late Thursday morning.

The search includes places associated with family, friends and acquaintances.

Jaquez-Moreno was being held in the jail on a charge of failure to identify, burglary of a vehicle and unauthorized use of a vehicle, according to jail records.

He is also being detained on an immigration hold.

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Dallas police are helping with the search, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported.

Urbina said there's an active warrant out for Jaquez-Moreno's arrest, which will show up if another law enforcement agency happens to stop him.

"This is an active investigation and we are working diligently to find him," Urbina said.

Breaking News Producer Liz Farmer contributed to this report.