UPDATE: Reward being offered for information leading to capture of 2 escaped Lima inmates

LIMA — Law enforcement is searching for two inmates that escaped from a Lima prison.

Bradley Gillespie and James Lee are said to have escaped from Allen/Oakwood Correction Institution, according to a media release.

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A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered by the U.S. Marshals and Ohio State Highway Patrol for information leading to the arrest of the two inmates, according to a media release.

Gillespie was in prison for a 2016 murder conviction while Lee was in jail for burglary, breaking and entering, safecracking and judicial sanction.

The two are considered dangerous, and anyone who sees them or has information is asked to call 911 immediately.

Ohio State Highway Patrol is leading the search for the missing inmates.

We will update this story as new information becomes available.

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