Two Prison Breaks in Iowa Within 48 Hours

What the heck?! Looks like the escapees from New York inspired some local break-out action.

It's easy to take for granted the safe feeling we have knowing the 'bad guys' are behind bars. But when they escape and could be anywhere, especially when you find out one of them was caught in Henry County, it really is too close for comfort.

Iowa State Penitentiary inmate, 25-year-old Justin Kestner, was missing at the 4:45 a.m. count and the Illinois State Police were called in just a couple hours later. After Henry County Police Department found an abandoned vehicle they suspect was stolen by Kestner, they began searching the immediate area and found him. Kesterner was serving a 10 year sentence for first degree theft out of Woodbury County.

Read more here: http://wqad.com/2015/07/05/inmate-escaped-iowa-state-penitentiary-overnight-officials-say/

The next escape, this time from a work release facility in Waterloo July 5th, is 23 year old Darius Caston. He was booked for willful injury and intimidation with a dangerous weapon. Caston still has not been found. He is 5-feet 11-inches tall and weighs 223 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information about Darius Caston should call 911, report it to Waterloo Police, or contact the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Department.

For more informaiton: http://wqad.com/2015/07/06/iowa-inmate-escapes-from-work-release-facility-in-waterloo/