CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. — UPDATE: The Currituck County Sheriff's Office is continuing to search for a person who was in custody and had gotten away.
The office said Corey Tyrick Smith had been in the booking area of the Maple Detention Center for a felony larceny charge when he ran outside Tuesday.
A Facebook post said Smith was handcuffed when he ran toward the woods. He wasn't armed when they last saw him.
The sheriff's office said several deputies and a K-9 unit were looking for him. As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, deputies are using drones and people to search for Smith.
The effort to find Smith is in the same area where the search began, according to the sheriff's office.
After Smith got away Tuesday, Central Elementary School went into a "soft lockdown," meaning that students and teachers could move around inside the building, but they couldn't go outside.
The search is less than two weeks from the day an inmate escaped a Chowan County Jail, using a sharpened toothbrush. He was later caught by the Currituck SWAT team.
If you've seen Smith, or know where he could be, call the county at 252-453-3633 or 911.