Officers follow tracks in snow, catch fugitive Iowa inmate
January 27th, 2016 by Ric Hanson
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say officers have captured an inmate listed as escaped from the Council Bluffs Work Release Facility. Council Bluffs police say Roger Madsen ran from a pickup after it was pulled over Tuesday. The officers caught Madsen after following his tracks in the snow. The Daily Nonpareil reports the 32-year-old was listed as escaped when he didn’t return to the facility after work on Jan. 14.
Madsen is serving a 20-year sentence for prohibited acts involving a controlled substance, two counts of theft, assault with intent to injure a peace officer and assault with a weapon on a peace officer.