The following offender has escaped from a residential work release facility. The offender was transferred to this facility after being granted a work release by the Iowa Board of Parole. Work Release is a minimum security setting which allows offenders an opportunity to gradually adjust to the transition between prison and the community.
NAME: John Joseph Rosales Brown
AGE: 47
SEX: Male
FACILITY: Larry Nelson Work Release Center-Cedar Rapids
OFFENSE: Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury
SENTENCE: 10 Years
COUNTY OF COMMITTMENT: Linn
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
RACE: White HAIR: Black EYES: Brown HEIGHT: 5’10” WEIGHT: 214 Lbs.
PHYSICAL IDENTIFIERS: Tattoos: Left Ankle, Upper Left Arm, Upper Right Arm, Back, Left Calf, Right Calf, Chest, Left Forearm, Right Forearm, Neck, Left Side Abdomen, Left Wrist, Right Wrist.
DATE OF ESCAPE: August 2, 2013
COMMENTS: Brown was placed on escape status at after failing to return to the facility from a three hour furlough. Brown was transferred to work release from parole on May 23, 2013. This sentence began on September 7, 2010. Information as to Brown’s whereabouts should be reported to the Cedar Rapids Police Department or Linn County Sheriff’s Department.
