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Officials: Iowa inmate left work release facility

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August 25th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – An inmate has escaped from a work release facility in Sioux City. The state Department of Corrections says 22-year-old Melvin William Spencer III was placed on escape status Sunday after he failed to return from a furlough. Additional information about the furlough was not released.

Spencer was serving a seven-year sentence for convictions of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and carrying weapons. He began his sentence in 2012 and was transferred to work release in June.