POTEAU - LeFlore County authorities are searching for a sex offender who they say escaped from an area prison. 29-year-old Troy Peiffer went missing from the Jim Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen on Monday.
Peiffer is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall and about 140 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. According to authorities, he did not meet requirements of his status as a sex offender.