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NDCS News Releases

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Inmate missing from community correctional facility

September 25, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-61)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

September 25, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln (CCC-L). Krista Foley #392770 disappeared today after a preapproved visit to a church in the community.

Foley started her sentence on October 27, 2021. She was sentenced to three years on a charge out of Douglas County for possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. She has a tentative release date of August 28, 2024.

Foley is a 33-...Read more

Inmates missing from community correctional facility

September 22, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-60)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

September 22, 2022 (Omaha, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about two inmates missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O). Clifford Brown #88039 and Matthew Hurich #80082 left the facility earlier this evening. They removed the electronic monitors they were wearing, which were recovered less than a block away.

Brown started his sentence on February 1, 2021. He was sentenced to just over three years on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (...Read more

Missing inmate arrested in Dallas, Texas

September 21, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-59)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

September 21, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln (CCC-L) at the end of last year has been arrested in Dallas, Texas. Authorities took LaJuan Jones #86630 into custody on Tuesday, September 20. He was located at a family member’s residence.

Jones disappeared on December 13, 2021. He left the facility in the morning, failing to report to his work assignment in the community. Jones started his sentence on October 31, 2017...Read more

Missing inmate returns to NDCS

September 3, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-58)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

September 3, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who failed to return to the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln (CCC-L) from his job in the community, is back in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). Kelcey Schrage #214693 disappeared while at work on Thursday, September 1, 2022. He returned to NDCS on his own Friday, September 2.

Schrage started his sentence on March 17, 2022. He was sentenced to two years on a charge of possession of a...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

September 1, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-57)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

September 1, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln (CCC-L). Kelcey Schrage #214693 left his job in the community today and failed to return to the facility.

Schrage started his sentence on March 17, 2022. He was sentenced to two years on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) out of Madison County. He has a tentative release date of February 10, 2023.

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Missing inmate arrested in Grand Island

August 31, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-56)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

August 31, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln (CCC-L) last month, has been arrested. Torrien Harris #392828 was taken into custody by the Grand Island Police Department on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. She failed to return to CCC-L on July 18, 2022 from her job assignment in the community.

Harris started her sentence on February 17, 2022. She was sentenced to a year and two months to two years and five months on charges...Read more

TSCI inmate death

August 27, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-54)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

August 27, 2022 (Tecumseh, Neb.) – Kevin Miller #82306, age 41, died on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at the Johnson County Hospital. He was incarcerated at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). Miller was serving a life sentence on charges out of Lancaster County for first degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony.

While the cause of death has not yet been determined, Miller was being treated for a medical condition. As is the case whenever an inmate dies in...Read more

Missing inmate arrested in Las Vegas

August 27, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (22-53)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

OFFICE 402-479-5713 | laura.strimple@nebraska.gov

August 27, 2022 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who disappeared more than two years ago from the Community Correctional Center – Lincoln (CCC-L) has been arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. Authorities took Ronald Taylor #50231 into custody on Friday, August 26, 2022.

Taylor left CCC-L with another inmate, Brandon Britton #72081, on May 21, 2020. Britton was arrested in Texas on June 5, 2020 and was returned to the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS)....Read more

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