The U.S. Marshals are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of a Choctaw County, Okla., jail escapee with a long criminal history.
Aaron Victory Sr., 38, escaped federal custody Aug. 7. He was seen about 2 p.m. Aug. 7 in McCurtain County near the town of Haworth, close to the Oklahoma-
Arkansas border, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
He reportedly escaped the jail through a vent in the gym, according to Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park.
Victory is described as an American Indian who is 6 feet 1 inches tall, weighing about 195 pounds with brown hair and eyes. He was last seen wearing a camoflauge shirt and jeans with two backpacks and a long gun.
He is believed to have family in the Haworth area.
Sightings of Victory have also been reported in Sevier County, Ark. and Sawyer, Okla.
Victory was scheduled to attend a hearing in U.S. District Court in Muskogee. He pleaded guilty in May to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a stolen firearm, according to federal court records.
Victory has felony convictions in Oklahoma dating back to 2003, including convictions for possessing stolen property, false impersonation, second-degree burglary and eluding a police officer.
He was on a 25-year probation stemming from a 2005 conviction, according to Department of Corrections records.
Victory also was convicted last year of escaping from confinement in 2012 in Woodward County, according to DOC records.