BROOKHAVEN — While one effort to locate a missing Brookhavenpilot may be nearing an end, law enforcement efforts to find JeffAllen are picking up.

Lincoln County Sheriff Lynn Boyte said an Unlawful Flight toAvoid Prosecution (UFAP) bulletin will be issued today for Allen,46 of 2712 Nola Road. Allen was indicted in March on charges ofunlawful manufacture of marijuana and had been out on a $50,000bond since his arrest.

“This doesn’t mean he’s not crashed somewhere, it just gives ussome alternative help in checking places,” Boyte said about issuingthe bulletin.

Boyte said the bulletin will allow federal authorities such asthe FBI, U.S. Customs Agency, Drug Enforcement Agency and the CoastGuard to assist in the search.

“Hopefully, one of us will turn up something,” Boyte said.

He said the agencies can check possible destinations where Allencould have flown following his disappearance on Nov. 16.

“We need to put all the effort we can into locating him,” thesheriff said.

Allen was last spoken with around 2 a.m. Nov. 16 while he andMcComb pilot Dr. Larry Stewart were returning in separate planesfrom Ocean Springs after a performance at a Biloxi casino. Stewarttouched down in McComb but was unable to contact Allen afterlanding.

Since Allen was reported missing, the civil air patrol has beentrying to locate him. Searches, including one near Covington, La.,where radar indicated Allen may have been headed, have turned upnothing, said Johnny Taylor, search coordinator for the CAP.

Taylor said pilots last flew around Covington Tuesday to take acloser look at some areas. That search found nothing and no flightswere planned today.

“We’re going to fly around the McComb airport tomorrow,” Taylorsaid, adding that a closer look was needed on an area there.

Following that, if there are no new clues, Taylor said the airpatrol’s search could be closed or suspended.

“We have searched everywhere we’ve had evidence, radar sightingsand clues,” Taylor said. “Once you’ve resolved all of those,there’s not much more you can do.”

Taylor said officials with The Air Force Rescue CoordinationCenter in Langley, Va., and the Mississippi Emergency ManagementAgency would decide whether close, suspend or continue air patrolsearch efforts.

“We’ll probably suspend it after tomorrow,” Taylor said.