September 4, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

State Prison Inmate Laney Bacon Placed on Escape Status

RAPID CITY, S.D.- State prison inmate Laney Bacon has been placed on escape status.

Bacon left the Rapid City Community Work Center without authorization overnight.

He is 20 years old and is 5-feet-10 inches tall and weighs approximately 186 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.

Bacon is serving a 3-year, 9-month sentence for receiving/transferring a stolen vehicle and a 9-month sentence for eluding from Custer County. He is also serving a 7-year, 9-month sentence with 3 years suspended for grand theft from Pennington County.

If you see him or know of his whereabouts, contact law enforcement.

The Rapid City Community Work Center is a minimum-security unit.

Leaving a non-secure correctional facility without authorization constitutes second-degree escape, a Class 5 felony punishable by a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

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