By Associated Press - Monday, January 16, 2017

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have listed an inmate as escaped from the state work release facility in Waterloo.

The Iowa Corrections Department said in a news release Monday that 38-year-old Shawn Washington didn’t return Sunday from a furlough.

He’s been serving a 45-year sentence since August 2005. Washington was convicted in Black Hawk County of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, ongoing criminal conduct and with prohibited acts.

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