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Authorities in North Platte, Nebraska, were searching Friday for a 42-year-old inmate with just a few hours left on his sentence who stole a car and fled from the county courthouse.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Troy O’Brian of Gary, Indiana, fled from the Lincoln County Courthouse’s detention center in an employee’s 2011 Toyota Corolla around 3:25 p.m. Thursday.

The Sheriff’s Office said a maintenance worker at the courthouse reported that his car was missing from the north side of the detention center. The maintenance worker said he had left his keys in the vehicle.

The Sheriff’s Office said the detention center was locked down and it was learned that O’Brian had left his work detail with maintenance personnel at the courthouse. O’Brian had just eight hours left on his sentence, the Sheriff’s Office said. He was to be released at 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

O’Brian had been serving a 60-day sentence for false reporting, obstructing a police officer and having a stolen vehicle.

He was believed to be driving the stolen white sedan with Nebraska license plates 15-D614, the Sheriff’s Office said.

O’Brian may be with a 27-year-old woman, Melissa Sancillo, also of Gary, the Sheriff’s Office said.