UPDATE, 10/24: EPD tweets the following update #captured:

They followed it up with this press release:

On 10/24/14 at about 1:10 p.m. a Eureka Police Department Detective spotted work crew escapee, Brian McSilvers walking near 2nd and Q Streets. Two uniformed officers were dispatched to the area and located McSilvers. McSilvers was taken into custody without further incident and transported back to the Humboldt County Correction Facility.

McSilvers and James Henry walked away from a SWAP work crew on 10/16/14 near the 2400 block of Broadway.    

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UPDATE, 11:38 a.m.: HCSO has provided the following mugs for the missing inmates. Henry is on the left, McSilvers the right:

HCSO press release:

On 10-14-2014, at approximately 10:30 a.m. two inmates, assigned to an inmate work crew, walked away from a job site they were at behind Les Schwab Tires, Eureka. A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Correctional Officer was supervising the inmates who were clearing brush in a heavily wooded area. The Correctional Officer took a head count and noticed two inmates were missing. The Correctional Officer searched the immediate area for the missing inmates with no success. Eureka Police was notified and responded to assist with the search for the inmates who are now facing additional charges.

The inmates are identified as:

  • Brian Strehl McSilvers, 36 years old, White male, 150 lbs, short blond hair,  hazel eyes.  He was last seen wearing a blue denim shirt with a white t shirt underneath, blue denim pants and work boots. He was being held on a probation violation and was scheduled to be released on 10-24-2014.  
  • James Lawrence Henry Jr., 35 years old, 5’ 10” tall, hazel eyes, brown hair, 165lbs, bald. He was last seen wearing a blue denim shirt with a white t shirt underneath, blue denim pants and work boots. He was being held on a probation violation and was scheduled to be released on 12-15-2014.

Both inmates are from Eureka. Henry is also known to frequent the Fortuna area.

Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office tweet release:

Two work crew inmates walked away 11 am behind Les Schwab Broadway. Wearing blu Denim shirts white t shirt , work boots and denim pants

— Steve Knight (@SteveKnightHCSO) October 16, 2014

Walkaway inmates Brian McSilvers and James Henry. Press release coming with photos

— Steve Knight (@SteveKnightHCSO) October 16, 2014

 

Additionally, LoCO just spoke with Lieutenant Knight via phone and he provided us the following inmate descriptions:

  • Brian McSilvers, white male adult, 6‘2”, 175 lbs., brown hair and hazel eyes.
  • James Henry, white male adult, 5‘10”, 165 lbs., brown hair and hazel eyes.

Both were wearing white t-shirts underneath blue denim shirts. Both had been in custody for violation of probation.

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