Heavily Tattooed Halfway House Escapee Gets 14 Months In Prison

CONCORD, NH — A convicted New Hampshire bank robber just earned himself another year-plus in jail after being sentenced on an escape charge, according to the U.S. District Court. Eric Judkins, 34, formerly of Nashua, was sentenced this week in court to 14-months in prison after pleading guilty in November 2017. Judkins – who was convicted of bank robbery in the Granite State in 2000 – was serving a 210-month robbery sentence and 27-month assault of an inmate sentence in Pennsylvania when he was transferred first to Kentucky and then back to New Hampshire in June 2017.

Judkins had a release date scheduled of April 2018, according to acting-U.S. Attorney John Farley, before he failed to return to the Hampshire House Residential Reentry Center in Manchester.

“With permission from the Hampshire House staff, Judkins left the facility on Aug. 28, 2017, and was required to return before 4:30 p.m.,” Farley stated. “He failed to return as required. On Aug. 31, 2017, Judkins was arrested by Deputy United States Marshals and local law enforcement officers in Howard, PA.”

Images via U.S. Marshals Service.