ASHLAND — Authorities are still looking for an inmate that escaped from the Boyd County Detention Center two weeks ago.

Timothy Shawn Bates, 26, along with three other inmates, escaped from the Boyd County Detention Center around 4 a.m. on the morning of July 30. They got out of the detention area via a pipe chase, broke through into a mop closet into an unsecure area of the jail, and went out an emergency fire exit. They weren’t discovered missing until a 6:30 a.m. head count.

Boyd County Jailer Joe Burchett said that Bates has ties to Flatwoods and other areas of Greenup County, Wheelersburg, Portsmouth and Lucasville in Ohio and Huntington, West Virginia.

He is wanted in Boyd and Greenup counties in Kentucky and Cabell County in West Virginia.

Jailer Burchett went on Facebook to announce that he was offering $500 “out of his pocket for specific information leading to the apprehension of” Bates.

Burchett said that Bates frequently goes by Shawn and may have slightly longer facial hair than in his booking mug shot.

Bates is described as a white male, 5’6” feet tall, approximately 155 pounds and with a receding hairline.

The other inmates that escaped with Bates were captured fairly quickly.

Zachary King, 28 and Jeremie Deboard, 32, were arrested just hours after their escape by officers with the Flatwoods Police and the Greenup County Sheriff’s Office. Robert Rains, 28, was captured Aug. 3 in Greenup County.

The inmates were in the detention center on drug charges or drug-related offenses and were not wanted or convicted of violent felony charges.

If you see Bates or have information on his location, call 911 or the Boyd County Detention Center at 606-739-4224, option 1, ext. 264 (booking).