IDOC walkaway back in custody

BOISE, April 21, 2011–An Idaho Department of Correction work center resident who walked away from his job at a Boise business is back in custody.

An IDOC sergeant found Donald Leroy Smith, IDOC #27827, near 13th Street and State Street at 2:30 p.m., about an hour and a half after he was declared missing.

Smith was assigned to the South Idaho Correctional Institution Community Work Center south of Boise. His criminal history includes convictions for possession of a controlled substance in Adams County, failure to appear/bail jumping in Gem County and forgery in Payette County.

Smith was scheduled to be released on July 20, 2011.  He is now facing the possibility of an escape charge.