Inmate walks away from work detail, located in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – An inmate walked away from a work detail on Tuesday.

Kentucky State Police Public Affairs Officer Trooper Katan Parker says Post 3 received a call from the Bowling Green Police Department regarding an escaped inmate.

BGPD says Keith Edwin Keown, 57, of Bowling Green, allegedly walked away from a work detail near the Warren County Regional Jail.

Parker says troopers located Keown at the intersection of US 31-W Bypass and Fairview Avenue.

Troopers placed Keown into custody and transported him back to the Warren County Regional Jail.

Keown is charged with Escape 2nd degree-(identify facility).

The investigation is ongoing.