Inmate Missing from NH Transitional Housing Unit

UPDATE: 1:25 p.m. on April 8, 2017: Peter Damon has been apprehended.

The original post is below.

MANCHESTER, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections placed an inmate on walkaway status last night after he reportedly did not return at his scheduled time, according to an alert. Peter Anthony Damon, 35, of Pelham, was permitted to leave the facility for work on April 7, 2017, but allegedly failed to return at 7 p.m. He was placed on walkaway status at 10:30 p.m., according to Jeffrey Lyons, the public information officer for the NH DOC.

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Damon is white, 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 200 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes. He was convicted in Rockingham County Superior Court for violation of a protective order and was sentenced to 1.5 to 3 years, with 176 days of time served, with a maximum release date of May 2018. Damon was imprisoned in November 2015 and was eligible for parole last November, but had not been approved.

The NH Department of Corrections Investigations Bureau and the NH State Police are looking for information from the public about where Damon might be. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact their local law enforcement agency or the NHSP.

A walkaway status from a correctional facility is considered an escape, Lyons noted, which is a Class B felony punishable by 3.5 to 7 years in prison.