Cops seek escaped inmate out of St. Pete

(Florida Department of Corrections)

The search is on for an escaped inmate in Pinellas County.

The Florida Department of Corrections issued an Escape Notice for 34-year-old Christal Jean Anderson, saying she disappeared from the Suncoast CRC facility in St. Petersburg around 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening.

Anderson was in the midst of serving a three-year sentence for an organized fraud charge from 2013.

Officials say Anderson is a 5’4”, 152-pound white woman with blonde or strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes.

They ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the Florida Department of Corrections at 850-922-6867, or contact your local law enforcement agency.