MONROE, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Authorities are on the hunt for an escaped prisoner from a minimum-security facility in Monroe.

The state Department of Corrections (DOC) said 59-year-old Patrick Clay appears to have escaped Friday morning by breaking into a staff office and stealing the keys to a staff member’s truck. He was last seen in a white, four-door GMC Sierra truck with the license plate number C39525X.

Clay was wearing khaki pants, a khaki jacket and khaki beanie with white tennis shoes and a yellow DOC vest on at the time of the escape. The DOC added that there was a blue-grey zip-up sweatshirt and black ballcap in the vehicle which he could be wearing.

Clay was set to be released on December 24, 2025, for convictions from King County for counts of burglary, malicious mischief, harassment and theft.

Anyone who spots that vehicle or Clay should not approach him and call 911. Tips can be reported to Monroe Police at 360-794-6300.