Cartersville police have released a statement saying that they have information that the escaped fugitive is no longer in the Cartersville area. Maj. Mark Camp said that they have called off the search following the information they received. Previous: U.S. marshals and local law officers in Bartow County are searching for a federal inmate they said overpowered a guard on a van that was transporting prisoners. According to Cartersville police, 42year-old Sean Patrick Killion, escaped late Wednesday during a stop outside a gas station for a restroom break. Reports said that the female guard gave chase and caught up to the male prisoner, but he broke away after a struggle.

Killion is described as a white male, 6` 1“ tall and 195 pounds. He was last seen wearing faded blue jeans and a black t-shirt.

Authorities added that Killion was supposedly shackled and was being transported by a private contract company from Florida to Indiana on a Federal drug charge.

The guard was taken to a hospital for treatment of an injury, but Hawley said it doesn`t appear to be serious.

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