NHSP Capture Escaped Inmates

CONCORD, NH - Two prison inmates escaped from a New Hampshire Department of Corrections minimum security unit at around 9 p.m. on May 7, 2016.

Jonathan Conrad Ellinger, 45, of Laconia, and Dale Wayne Clark, 42 , of Concord, were placed on escape status shortly after 9 p.m.

Both inmates were captured on May 8, 2016, according to state police.

"It was learned through various tips and information gathered that the inmates had stolen a pickup truck from a business in the Concord area," according to Lt. Gilbert of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections. "Investigators were able to locate the vehicle before it crossed the border into Vermont."

Both inmates were transported back to the New Hampshire State Prison and will be charged with Escape, Theft of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property.

According to a report, another inmate reported to staff that they opened a window in the minimum security unit and exited the facility last night, according to Jeffrey Lyons, the public information officer for the NH DOC.

Ellinger was serving a three to six year sentence out of Belknap County Superior Court for armed robbery - a Bank of New Hampshire in January 2014. He began serving this sentence on June 18, 2014, and was eligible for parole on Jan. 3, 2017.

Clark was admitted to the New Hampshire State Prison on Sept. 29, 2015 and has a maximum release date of May 10, 2018.

Clark, according to The Citizen, was nicknamed "the itchy inmate" after suing last year stating that his severe plaque psoriasis "went untreated, and became so advanced that 90 percent of his body was covered in open sores that were both painful and unsightly from constant itching."

The New Hampshire Department of Corrections Investigations Unit and the New Hampshire State Police are investigating. Anyone with information about these inmates should contact their local law enforcement agency or the New Hampshire State Prison at 603-271-1801.