Second NH Inmate Placed on Escape Status

MANCHESTER, NH - The New Hampshire Department of Corrections is reporting that a work release inmate at the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester has been placed on walk away status, according to a press statement. 

David James Wilson, 31, of South Gardiner, ME, left the facility at 6:45 a.m. on June 10, 2016, to report to work, according to Jeffrey Lyons of the NH DOC. When correctional staff called the inmate’s employer to check and see if he arrived, the staffer was told that the inmate was not scheduled to work today. Wilson was placed on escape status at 12:30 p.m.

This incident is separate from one that occurred on Thursday, June 9, 2016.  Matthew Michael Gerlach went missing yesterday afternoon. 

 Wilson is white, 6-feet tall, 200 lbs. with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has tattoos on his back, right hand, right forearm, and left face. He is servinga two to six year sentence for robbery from Rockingham County Superior Court. He was paroled to this sentence from an earlier two to six year sentence for armed robbery from Rockingham County Superior Court. He received 293 days of time served credited to his earlier sentence.  He was admitted to the New Hampshire State Prison on July 3, 2013 and is eligible for parole on his current sentence on Sept. 10, 2016.  His maximum release date is Sept. 9, 2020.

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections Investigations Bureau and the New Hampshire State Police are investigating. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call the New Hampshire State Police or their local law enforcement agency.