YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say three inmates have walked away from a minimum-security state prison in Yankton.
Officials at the Yankton Community Work Center say inmates Seth Boocock, Corey Bales and Matthew Fritz-Chappell all left the facility without authorization shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday.
Boocock is serving more than 10 years for aggravated assault. Bales is serving a nine years on multiple sentences for identity theft, forgery and possession of a controlled substance. Fritz-Chappell is serving a more than five years for possession of alcohol or marijuana by an inmate.
The men could faces charges of second-degree escape, punishable by up to five years in prison, authorities said.
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