{"id":23198,"date":"2016-10-10T20:49:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T03:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/fairbanks-man-escapes-from-halfway-house-for-second-time\/"},"modified":"2016-10-10T20:49:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T03:49:36","slug":"fairbanks-man-escapes-from-halfway-house-for-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/fairbanks-man-escapes-from-halfway-house-for-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairbanks man escapes from halfway house for second time"},"content":{"rendered":"
FAIRBANKS \u2014 Authorities are looking for a halfway house resident who escaped from a van that was transporting him back to the Fairbanks Correctional Center.<\/p>\n
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that 24-year-old Byron Alvin Toovak jumped out of the van last week while being driven to the jail at the request of his probation officer.<\/p>\n
The incident marked the second time Toovak has escaped from the halfway house in eight months.<\/p>\n
He reportedly walked away from the North Star Center in February while serving time for a felony drug conviction. He was arrested a month later and pleaded guilty to an escape charge in July.<\/p>\n
Toovak was jailed and transferred to the halfway house in August.<\/p>\n
He was last seen wearing a black jacket, gray hat and blue jeans.<\/p>\n
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