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CROWN POINT, Ind. — Police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Lake County jail.

Authorities say Richard Campos walked out of the jail around noon on Saturday while working in the laundry area.

He got into a vehicle driven by a woman.

Authorities believe the escape was planned.

Campos was being held on charges of resisting arrest and DUI.

If convicted of escape he faces an automatic five year jail sentence.

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