ERWINVILLE — Officers from several agents searched areas around Erwinville on Monday after an inmate serving time on a drug-related charge escaped while being transported by Webster Parish authorities.

Randall Boyett, 23, was being transported from one Department of Public Safety and Corrections facility to another, officials said. Crews searched from land and sky with dogs, drones and helicopters.

According to West Baton Rouge Parish records, Boyett has been in and out of custody over the last five years. Monday, he fled into woods alongside U.S. 190 after bolting from the Webster Parish officers.

“He was being transported by Webster Parish to another facility,” Landon Groger with the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s office said.

Groger says Boyett was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and

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