July 29, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Inmate Brandon Scott placed on escape status

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- State prison inmate Brandon Scott has been placed on escape status.

Scott left his community service jobsite in Sioux Falls without authorization July 29.

Scott, age 39, is a white male. He is 5-feet-11-inches tall and weighs approximately 180 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes.

Scott is serving sentences from Sanborn County and Minnehaha County for eluding a police officer, Yankton County for grand theft and Minnehaha County for failure to appear.

Failure to return following an assignment constitutes second-degree escape, a Class 5 felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

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