The Opelousas Police Department is looking for an escaped inmate believed to be in the area.
Raymond Howard, 34, escaped Tuesday from a Madison County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Office transport van in Opelousas through a rear window, police said. The van was parked on Wallior Street. Howard was in town for a hearing at the St. Landry Parish Courthouse.
Witnesses said they saw Howard running across Wallior Street, past the Take 5 Car Wash. He then removed his orange jumpsuit, revealing a white t-shirt and entered a wooded area north of the car wash…