MOUNT LAUREL, NEW JERSEY: A New Jersey inmate who is accused of attempted murder is now on the run after he escaped custody just months before of his scheduled release date, authorities have announced.

According to the Mount Laurel Police Department, Edward Berbon, 54, was on a work detail when he escaped custody in Mount Laurel Township on Tuesday, September 26, Fox News reports.

The inmate was reportedly assigned to a halfway house at the time and was scheduled for release on February 12, 2024, the department stated.

When was Edward Berbon arrested?

According to the inmate's DOC records, Berbon is described as a six-foot-tall man with blue eyes who weighs 250 pounds and has been behind bars since September 14, 2004, when he was arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from an incident on July 21 that year.

He was formally sentenced to up to 22 years behind bars in June 2005.

Berbon was in prison from May 2002 to April 2004 for robbery, theft and unlawful taking before his latest sentence. He was also due to be sentenced on an additional robbery count on the same day of the attempted murder episode.

People have been asked to inform authorities on 911 immediately if Berbon is spotted. Anyone with information on where he could be is asked to contact the NJDOC Special Investigation Unit - Fugitive Unit at 1-800-523-3829.

Escaped Missouri inmate captured in Missouri

Meaww previously reported that Mario Che-Tiul, an inmate who managed to escape from a Missouri jail a few months ago along with other prisoners, has been captured by the US Marshals in the same county - Chester County, on Thursday, September 21.

The authorities informed that the accused was taken into custody after they gathered data that Che-Tiul might be at the residence and surrounded by an apartment in the unit block of Gap Newport Pike in Avondale.

Che-Tiul was in the Barry County Jail in Missouri when he escaped in June. Meanwhile, the other prisoners were captured, however, Che-Tiul hadn’t been found by the authorities until now.

The US Marshals received suggestive information that Che-Tiul may be in the Philadelphia or New Jersey area. He found some work as a laborer and maintained a low profile, reports CBS News.

"We proceeded to the address it was a large residence there were a lot of rooms filled with laborers from the county. We were able to talk to some of them and narrow down which room Che-Tiul was living in," said Robert Clark, of the US Marshals.