(Updated 10:38-a.m. w/additional details about the arrest)

A man who was listed as missing and escaped from the Newton Correctional Release Center Monday night was found early this (Tuesday) morning. Fred Scaletta with the Department of Corrections says Timothy Formaro, Jr., was located at around 3:30 a.m. about one-mile north of the Newton facility. He was found in a ditch along Highway 14. State Patrol Aircraft used thermal imaging to assist in locating Formaro.

He was apprehended in a joint Law Enforcement effort by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa State Patrol, Fifth Judicial District Warrant Team and Newton Correctional Facility Security staff. Formaro was transported back to the Newton Medium Correctional Facility and was placed into secured housing pending internal disciplinary procedures and criminal charges.

Timothy J. Formaro, Jr.

Earlier, the Iowa Department of Corrections said Formaro was not present during a routine head count at 9:20-p.m., Monday, and after further search by security staff was been determined that Formaro escaped from the facility. The Newton Correctional Release Center is a minimum security facility.

Formaro was serving a 25 year sentence from Clarke County for Prohibited Acts and Domestic Abuse assault.