Contributed story to NIT:
MASON CITY – Unlike other community based work release facilities that house inmates around the state that report escapes from their facilities to the local media, the one in our own backyard had six inmates escape in 15 day period with not one alert to local media. Sources have confirmed the alarming rate of escapes by these individuals during a period from July 14th to July 28th with an additional seventh inmate missing since May as follows.
Currently wanted by law enforcement:
Kevin Dean Bridges, age 23, 6 foot tall, 170 pounds, with blue eyes. Bridges is still wanted after not returning to Beje Clark following a furlough on July 14th. He is currently wanted for 719.4 escape from custody and violating probation in a Class C felony 2nd degree burglary case. Bridges’ bond has been set at $15,000.
Billy Lee Jamie Huerta, age 28, 5 foot 9 inches tall, 160 pounds, with brown eyes. Huerta is still wanted after he escaped from Beje Clark in the evening of July 21st. He is currently wanted for 719.4 escape from custody and violating probation a 2nd time in an assault causing bodily injury case that was amended from an original charge of felony assault causing serious injury. This was the 2nd time Huerta was sentenced to Beje Clark. Records show he also served a sentence there from 2008 to 2009 after violating probation in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine case. Huerta’s bond has been set at $7,000.
Alyssa Chere Hudson, age 24, 5 foot 8 inches tall, 170 pounds, with brown eyes. Hudson is still wanted after she and another female inmate escaped from Beje Clark shortly before midnight on July 26th. She is currently wanted for 719.4 escape from custody and violating probation in a Story County Class D felony 3rd degree burglary case. Hudson is wanted in both Story County and Cerro Gordo County with a combined bond set at $15,000.
Brandon Charles Page, age 38, 5 foot 11 inches tall, 180 pounds, with blue eyes. Page is still wanted after being reported as escaped in the evening hours of May 1st. He is currently wanted for 719.4 felony escape from custody and 2nd violating probation in an amended gathering for the use of drugs charge that was originally a Class C felony delivery of methamphetamine before he took a plea bargain. Page’s bond has been set at $10,000
Anybody with information on the location of these wanted individuals is urged to report any information to law enforcement. You may also provide anonymous information to Crime Stoppers of North Central Iowa at 1-800-383-0088 rewards are possible.
Currently in custody of the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department following arrests.
Sean Christopher Knutson, age 42, was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail on July 27th after escaping Beje Clark on July 21st. He is currently being held on a Class D felony charge of escape of a felon and violation probation on a Class C felony 2nd degree burglary case.
Lonnie Allen Hill, age 43, was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail on July 29th after escaping Beje Clark on July 28th. He is currently being held on a serious misdemeanor count of voluntary absence escape. Records show Hill has had 3 parole violations in his original 2006 Class B felony drug distribution case, but the Iowa Department of Corrections has filed no new violation reports in the online court records regarding the escape.
Mercades Latia Briner, age 21, was booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail on July 31st after escaping Beje Clark on July 26th with still wanted Alyssa Chere Hudson. Briner was caught after a 2nd check for her by law enforcement at 14 North West 13th Street in Mason City. She is currently being held on a Class D felony charge of escape of a felon and a 3rd violation probation on a Class C felony 1st degree theft case. Briner had been booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail and charged with possession of stolen property on July 23rd but was returned to Beje Clark’s custody before escaping on July 26th.
