A former Harlan resident who was listed as escaped from the Council Bluffs Work Release Facility, Sunday,  is in custody at the Shelby County Jail. Iowa Dept. of Corrections Assistant Director Fred Skaletta says 25-year old Colton Edward Benson-Blaine was apprehended late Sunday night.

Benson-Blaine was listed as escaped from the Council Bluffs Work Release Facility after he failed to return from his place of employment. He was serving a 12-year sentence out of Shelby and Pottawattamie Counties for Voluntary manslaughter, Operating a Vehicle without consent and Voluntary Absence. His sentence began Aug. 5th, 2011. He was transferred to Work Release on March 16th, 2016 under the authority of the Iowa Board of Parole.

Colton Edward Benson-Blaine