NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Authorities are looking for two inmates who escaped the Newport News City Jail Annex Monday night.
Arley Vaughn Nemo and John Michael Garza escaped around 6 p.m., according to police. They were last seen crossing Huntington Avenue, heading toward Warwick Boulevard.
Nemo, 43, of Gloucester, is described as being 5-foot-7 and bald with facial stubble and was last seen wearing a white thermal sweatsuit, police said. Garza, 37, of Hampton, has strawberry-blonde hair, a full beard and blue eyes. He also had a white thermal sweatsuit.
Police said they should be considered dangerous.
The Newport News Sheriff's Office said deputies first noticed the inmates were missing during a head count around 7:15 p.m.
The men tunneled through a cell wall leading to the outside before going over a security wall.
Anyone who sees them should call 911.
