ERATH COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - K9 Lola, her handler and a pilot assisted local and state law enforcement partners in Erath County Monday following an escape from the jail, according to a Texas Game Warden's social media post.

K9 Lola, her handler and inmate.(Texas Game Wardens)Early Monday morning, the Erath County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook that inmate Treston Nolte, had escaped custody.

A total of 17 law enforcement agencies participated in the manhunt for Nolte after he escaped at about 11 a.m. on Aug. 3."Starting from the suspect's discarded pants, Lola followed his scent for more than a mile, across streets, past businesses and down alleys, until they reached the Bosque River," the post reads.