UPDATE: Missing Inmate in Custody

UPDATE: Jeffrey Lyons of the NH DOC is reporting that NHSP now has custody of Gerlach and he is in prison in Concord, according to an alert.

The previous post is below.

MANCHESTER, NH - The NH Department of Corrections is looking for an inmate missing from the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester, according to a press report.

Matthew Michael Gerlach, 41, of Manchester, was given permission to go on an outing to visit his family on June 9, 2016, according to Public Information Officer Jeffrey Lyons of the NH DOC. He left the facility at 4:45 p.m. and was required to return at 8:45 p.m. He reportedly did not return and was placed on escape status at approximately 9:45 p.m.

Inmate Gerlach is described as a white male, 5-feet, 9-inches tall, 240 lbs., with strawberry hair and hazel eyes. He has multiple tattoos on his left and right calves, right arm, right wrist, left arm, and right hand.

Gerlach was sentenced in Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester to two to seven years for receiving stolen property and theft by unauthorized taking to be served concurrently. He is also serving a two to five year sentence for being deemed a habitual offender also from Hillsborough County Superior Court in Manchester. Gerlach was given 57 days of time served. He was admitted to the New Hampshire State Prison on January 26, 2015, and was eligible for parole on Sept. 29, 2016, with a maximum release date of Nov. 28, 2019, on the habitual offender conviction and Nov. 27, 2021, on the Theft and Stolen Property convictions.

"The New Hampshire Department of Corrections Investigations Bureau and the New Hampshire State Police are investigating," Lyons said.

Anyone with information on this inmate’s whereabouts should contact their local law enforcement agency or the New Hampshire State Police. Escape is a Class-B felony which is punishable by three to seven years in prison.