Jonesboro Authorities Searching For Escapees From Youth Facility

Local law enforcement along with Arkansas State Police are searching for two teenagers who escaped from Consolidated Youth Services, on Stadium Blvd., in Jonesboro.

Authorities stated on Monday in a news release from the Department of Human Services Division of Youth Services, Gary Fields, age 16 and James Williams, age 16, left CYS around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, night April 24, without authorization.

Fields, who is described as being 5′1″ and weighs 120 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes, is in custody on charges of rape and theft of property.

Williams is in custody for 2nd sexual assault, aggravated assault on a family member, and breaking or entering. DYS described him as 6′0″ and weighs 174 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.

If you have information on their location you are urged to call 911 or local police immediately.