UPDATE: NH Work Release Inmate Reports Back To Dept. Of Corrections

Update, 8:19 a.m. on July 25, 2017: Stephen Paul Edgerly Sr. returned to the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester at approximately 5:45 p.m. last night, according to Jeffrey Lyons of the NH DOC, and is no longer on escape status. He was transported to the New Hampshire State Prison in Concord

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MANCHESTER, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is asking for the public’s help in locating a work release inmate who reportedly didn’t show up at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit today after work, according to an alert. Stephen Paul Edgerly Sr., 44, is formerly of Rochester. He is serving a 2.5- to 5-year sentence for failure to register as a sex offender after being convicted on a felonious sexual assault charge in November 1995, on a victim between 13 and 16.

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Edgerly left the facility at 5 a.m. on July 24, 2017, and went to work. His employer, according to Jeffrey Lyons of the NH DOC, sent him home at noon but Edgerly reportedly never returned to Calumet. He was placed on escape status at 2 p.m.

Edgerly is white, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and weighs 200 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes. Edgerly has tattoos on his back, shoulders, right forearm, upper left arm, and head, according to the alert.

Edgerly was admitted to the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in May 2015, and was eligible to be paroled in June. His maximum release date is December 2019, and he was previously paroled for first-degree assault and witness tampering.

If convicted of escape, he could be given 3.5- to 7-years in prison.

Edgerly, according to the state of New Hampshire, was also convicted of simple assault and stalking in February 2005, simple assault in April 2004, simple assault, violation of terms, and two counts of duty to report in 2003. In 2002, he was convicted of simple assault and breach of bail and false report, disorderly conduct, and simple assault in 2001. Edgerly was also convicted of duty to report and false report in June 1999. He had a drug conviction in May 1995.