Logansport, IN – Authorities in Cass County are searching for an inmate who allegedly escaped from a community corrections facility Friday afternoon.
According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a report around 2:47 p.m. on January 11 that an inmate had fled from the Cass County Community Corrections Facility on High Street in Logansport. Officials identified the man as 49-year-old Scott Penman.
Sheriff Edward Schroder said Penman had been at the facility for a work-release program but failed to return from an approved absence. He was last seen in the 1400 block of Michigan Avenue in Logansport.
Penman was serving a three-year sentence issued by Cass County Circuit Court Judge Kitte on October 28, 2024, for possession of methamphetamine and operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
The Logansport Police Department and Cass County Central Dispatch are assisting in the search. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Cass County Sheriff’s Office at 574-753-7800.
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