UPDATE:

Shannon Owen, 40, of Madison, turned himself in at the Dane County Jail, at 5:20 p.m., Jan. 21, after he removed his GPS tracking bracelet and was declared escaped from the Dane County Jail.

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ORIGINAL STORY Posted 9:52 p.m., Jan. 20, 2019:

Authorities are looking for an escaped Dane County Jail Diversion inmate who took off his GPS tracking bracelet.

The Dane County Sheriff's Office says 40-year-old Shannon Owen removed his tracking bracelet around 5:30 p.m. before being picked up in a vehicle on the east side of Madison. There is a felony warrant out for his arrest.

Owen was serving a 60-day Huber sentence for possession of cocaine. He is enrolled in the Dane County Custody Alternative Monitoring Program and was allowed to serve his jail sentence in the community, according to authorities. He had been staying at the Grand Stay Hotel on High Crossing Boulevard, and left after a disagreement with the management.

His tracking device showed he left the hotel on foot before removing it and driving away.

Owen is 6-feet tall, bald, has blue eyes and weighs about 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a Green Bay Packers beanie, blue jeans, a dark hooded coat, and a red and black backpack.

If you have any information on his whereabouts, please call 911.