ALABAMA ESCAPEE STILL ON THE RUN

An Alabama prison escapee is accused of committing an armed carjacking in North Escambia County. 41-year-old Travis Dawson was armed with a machete when he took a minivan from a relative on Miller Road in the Nokomis Community early Sunday morning. The vehicle was later found abandoned in Mobile. No one was injured in the incident.  Dawson escaped from Loxley Work Release at about 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 10th. He had been sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2013 on a possession of a controlled substance conviction in Escambia County, Alabama. Anyone with information on Dawson’s whereabouts is asked to contact any law enforcement agency.