Correction officials looking for man who walked off into the woods from state prison

Officials say Kevin O’Brien, 72, was last seen walking out of Pondville Correctional Center around 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Officials are searching for a 72-year-old incarcerated man who, they said, walked out of a Norfolk correctional facility on Tuesday morning.

Kevin O’Brien was last seen on the grounds of Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk around 9:30 on Tuesday morning, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections said in a social media post. When officials conducted a routine check around 11 a.m., the DOC said, O’Brien did not return to his quarters.

Video recovered by the DOC showed O’Brian leaving the minimum security facility’s outdoor area and walking into woods nearby around 10 a.m., the post said. Footage shows O’Brian wearing a blue windbreaker, a blue hat, a gray crew neck sweater, blue jeans, and white shoes. He was also wearing black glasses and over-the-ear headphones.

The post said O’Brien is 5’7”, 160 pounds and has blue eyes and white, balding hair. Police said members of the public should not approach O’Brien if they see him.

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