Police Searching for Missing Inmate with Hampton Ties

Police are searching for a missing inmate with Hampton ties who walked away from a minimum security halfway house in Manchester on Friday and never returned.

Shane Alan Adkinson, 28, was given permission to leave the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit to buy groceries and to get a haircut on Friday, but he failed to return at his scheduled time of 6:20 p.m. He was placed on walkaway status around 6:45 p.m.

Adkinson, whose address is listed as Lowell, Mass., is a former Hampton resident. On Feb. 17, 2010, he was charged with second degree assault in Seabrook for allegedly hitting his pregnant girlfriend with a pickup truck in the parking lot of Pet City. The girlfriend suffered a broken hip and ankle. Later that year, according to the Newburyport Daily News, Adkinson was indicted on two counts of first degree assault, one count of second degree assault, one count of simple assault and one count of witness tampering.

Adkinson is described as a white male, 5'10" tall, 212 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He has tattoos on his right shoulder and left forearm. He is serving a sentence from Rockingham County Superior Court of three to six years for second degree assault, with 421 days of time served. He was admitted to the New Hampshire State Prison on April 15, 2011, and is eligible for parole on Feb. 16, 2013.

The Department of Corrections Investigations Bureau and the New Hampshire State Police are investigating. Anyone with information on Adkinson's whereabouts is asked to contact their local law enforcement agency or the New Hampshire State Prison at (603) 271-1801.