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Nye County prisoner escapes in Pahrump

The Nye County sheriff’s office Monday was seeking a prisoner who didn’t report back to jail from a work-release program.

Jonathan Ross Moncada, 31, left the Nye County Detention Center on Saturday and did not return when he was due in the evening, according to the sheriff’s office.

Moncada is described as white, 6 feet tall and weighing 200 pounds. He is bald with several tattoos and hazel eyes, police said.

Nye County’s detention center is in Pahrump, about 70 miles west of Las Vegas.

Anyone with information on Moncada can contact the sheriff’s office at 775-751-7000 or ncso_detectives@co.nye.nv.us.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.

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