NDCS News Releases

NDCS News Releases

Inmate apprehended after escape from Work Ethic Camp

January 28, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-08)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate apprehended after escape from Work Ethic Camp

January 28, 2020 (McCook, Neb.) – An inmate was apprehended shortly after jumping the fence at the Work Ethic Camp (WEC) in McCook this morning. The escape occurred just before 9:30 a.m. Ryan Lykens #76263 (37) was taken into custody near the facility around 45 minutes later.

Staff members noticed that razor wire along the fence line at the facility had been pushed aside and followed tracks in the snow to a...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

January 18, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-07)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

January 18, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). Jamie Bear #210013 left the facility during the morning of January 17, 2020 for his full-time job, but did not return to the facility, as scheduled, in the afternoon.

Bear started serving his sentence on August 6, 2019. He is...Read more

Inmate dies at TSCI

January 15, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-06)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate dies at TSCI

January 15, 2020 (Lincoln, NE) – Raymond Daniels #82309, age 71, died today at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). His sentence started on June 1, 2015. Daniels was serving a 30- to 50-year sentence out of Cass County for the sexual assault of a child.

The cause of death has yet to be determined. As is the case whenever an inmate dies in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, a grand...Read more

Omaha police arrest missing inmate

January 15, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-05)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Omaha police arrest missing inmate

January 15, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who failed to return to the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) on January 6, 2020, has been arrested by the Omaha Police Department. Anthony Durand #210293 was located today in the area of 48th Street and Izard.

Durand had received permission to leave CCC-L in order to job seek. He was reported missing when he did not return to the facility as...Read more

Inmate who left community corrections center arrested in Omaha

January 10, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-04)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate who left community corrections center arrested in Omaha

January 10, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who left the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) the evening of January 8, 2020 has been arrested by the Omaha Police Department.

Richard Reynolds #86969 was taken into custody just after 11:00 p.m. on January 9, 2020 in the area of 34th and Sprague Street. He left CCC-L Wednesday evening after removing the electronic monitoring...Read more

Staff member assaulted at LCC

January 10, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-03)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Staff member assaulted at LCC

January 10, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb) – An inmate at the Lincoln Correctional Center (LCC) assaulted a staff member on Thursday, January 9, 2020, resulting in serious* injuries.

The assault occurred right around 6:30 p.m. just after the inmate was escorted from his cell so that an inspection could be made of a maintenance issue inside. While in restraints, he was able to use a homemade weapon, fashioned from a toothbrush,...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

January 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-02)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

January 9, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). Richard Reynolds #86969 left the facility on foot just before 11:00 p.m. on January 8, 2020 after removing the electronic monitoring device on his ankle.

Reynolds started serving his sentence on December 28, 2017. He is...Read more

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

January 6, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (20-01)

CONTACT Laura Strimple, Chief of Staff

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

Inmate missing from community correctional facility

January 6, 2020 (Lincoln, Neb.) -- Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L). Anthony Durand #210293 was given permission to leave the facility today in order to seek employment. Police were notified when he did not return by 5:00 p.m. Durand managed to remove the electronic monitoring device he was wearing.

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