UPDATE AUGUST 15, 2021:

State prison inmate Christopher Cramblit is back in custody.

Cramblit was arrested in Minnehaha County Aug. 14 and returned to DOC custody.

Cramblit left the Yankton Community Work Center without authorization Aug. 8.

Cramblit is currently serving three concurrent sentences for child abuse from Minnehaha County.

Leaving a nonsecure correctional facility without authorization constitutes second-degree escape, a Class 5 felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

 

ORIGINAL STORY:

State prison inmate Christopher Cramblit has been placed on escape status.

Cramblit left the Yankton Community Work Center without authorization on August 8, 2021.

Cramblit, age 32, is a white male. He is 6-feet-tall and weighs approximately 265 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Cramblit is currently serving three concurrent sentences for child abuse from Minnehaha County.

Leaving a nonsecure correctional facility without authorization constitutes second-degree escape, a Class 5 felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

Photo credit South Dakota Department of Corrections.