Inmate sought after leaving Atlanta transitional center
Officials in Atlanta are looking for an inmate who walked away from a transitional center Tuesday.
Melissa Nadine Menzies, 22, is sought by the Georgia Department of Corrections after she reportedly left the Metro Transitional Center.
Menzies was being housed in the center while serving a sentence for robbery, according to GDC records. She has been in custody since 2014. According to records, she is not eligible for release until August 2023.
Menzies is described as 5-foot-1 and about 163 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information about Menzies’ whereabouts is asked to call 478-911-5111.
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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.
