Authorities searching for inmate who escaped custody in Minneapolis

Authorities in Crow Wing County, Minnesota are looking for an inmate who escaped from custody.

According to authorities, 49-year-old James Richard Ardito escaped from Residential Reentry Office in Minneapolis Tuesday.

Ardito was convicted of the 2007 armed robbery of the First National Bank of Deerwood, Garrison Branch. He was scheduled for supervised release. 

A warrant has been issued for his arrest.