By Associated Press - Sunday, July 9, 2017

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A missing state prison inmate is back in custody in South Dakota.

State corrections officials say 45-year-old Randy Cowherd failed to return to the Rapid City Community Work Center following a shift Saturday at his work release job.

Authorities say he turned himself in late Saturday night.



Cowherd is serving a more than five year sentence for six drunken driving convictions.

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