Inmate missing from community correctional facility

LINCOLN, Neb. -- – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln.

Officials said Richard Reynolds left work in Waverly early this morning. When staff members from the facility went to look for him, they found the monitoring device he had been wearing in a parking lot near 148th and Cornhusker Highway.

According to officials, Reynolds started his sentence on December 28, 2017. He was sentenced to seven and a half years to 13 years on charges out of Adams and Lancaster counties that include use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, third degree domestic assault, assaulting a peace officer, escape and theft by unlawful taking.

Officials said Reynolds has a tentative release date on January 24, 2024. He is scheduled for a parole hearing in January 2023.

Department of Correctional Services said Reynolds is a 37-year old white man, 5’ 11”, 205 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to contact local authorities or the Nebraska State Patrol.