GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – The Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted for escaping from Community Corrections, where he was serving a sentence related to charges of sexually exploiting a minor.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office believes Andrew Franssen, 33, likely works in the food service industry and is staying at a hotel somewhere in Mesa County. He may be using the alias of Andrew Hartley.

He is described as a 283 pound, 5′11″ white male with brown hair and brown eyes by law enforcement.

The sheriff’s office said community corrections is “Not the Mesa County Detention Center or Jail/Department of Corrections. It is an alternative sentence and is considered “in custody” or imprisonment. They are located in a different facility and not run by the sheriff’s office.“

The sheriff’s office asked the public to contact its dispatch office at 970-242-6707 with any information.

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