(Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
State corrections officials said Wednesday that a man in custody walked away from an Oregon Corrections Enterprises laundry sorting building in Salem.
Bohanna McQuiston walked away from the building on the grounds of the Oregon State Penitentiary at 2605 State Street. He was last seen around 6 a.m. at the laundry sorting building, according to a news release.
McQuiston, 40 weighs 160 pounds, is 5’ 11’’ and has hazel eyes and red hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt and a blue denim jacket. It is unclear which direction he walked.
McQuiston entered state Department of Corrections custody on Jan. 11, 2021, on two counts of burglary in Clackamas County and one count of burglary in Washington County. His earliest release date is Feb. 6, 2024, the news release said.
He was in custody at Santiam Correctional Institution, a minimum-security prison in Salem that houses around 440 adults in custody within four years of being released, and was working as a laundry worker for Oregon Corrections Enterprises.
The corrections department’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the Oregon State Police are investigating the walkaway. The department asked anyone with information to contact the state police at 1-800-452-7888, their local police department’s non-emergency number or the Fugitive Apprehension Unit at 503-569-0734.
People should not approach McQuiston, the news release said.
“(Santiam Correctional Institution) concentrates on work opportunities, most of which are in the form of work crews contracting with state agencies, local organizations, and private industries within a 60-mile radius of Salem,” the news release said.
Bohanna McQuiston (Courtesy/Oregon Department of Corrections)
-Ardeshir Tabrizian
