Md. state hospital patient disappears, police ask for help in search

WASHINGTON– A state hospital patient is missing after walking away from a home visit in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Thursday afternoon.

Please call 911 if you see James Alexander Norris, Jr. , 49. Norris is a convicted sex offender.

Police say Norris was last seen wearing a black track jacket with a white stripe down the side, blue jeans and New Balance sneakers.

He walked away from a court-ordered home visit around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon. The home is on the 4000 block of Warner Avenue in Hyattsville.

Maryland Public Safety and Correctional Services officers are working with Maryland State Police and Prince George’s County Police to return Norris to the hospital.

Prince George’s County Police tweeted about the disappearance earlier this evening.

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