Nevada Department of Corrections Tahoe fire crew inmate walk away in custody
UPDATE: Inmate Ray Johannsen, the minimum-security inmate who walked away from a Nevada Division of Forestry fire crew around noon is back in custody, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. Additional charges are pending.
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Washoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies are assisting the Nevada Department of Corrections in searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from a Nevada Division of Forestry fire crew near north of Sand Harbor in Washoe County.
Inmate Ray Johannsen, a 42-year-old man, was determined missing from the crew around noon. Escape procedures were initiated, and search teams remain in effect. Johannsen arrived at the Nevada Department of Corrections on Aug. 25, 2020 from Elko County. He is serving a sentence of 16 to 40 months for attempting to traffic a controlled substance. He was scheduled for parole in July.
Autry is 5 feet 10 inches tall, 220 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He has a beard and the following tattoos: a sleeve on his lower left leg from ankle to knee, which includes skulls, faces, flames and cheese; “KD” on a web on his left hand; left arm sleeved with skulls and faces; portraits of his parents and a skull on his back; lower left arm sleeve with skulls, faces and “Amanda,”; right neck “Nikki”; center chest has skulls and faces; lower right leg sleeve from ankle to knee with faces, a gargoyle and a zombie.
A retake warrant has been issued. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Johannsen should immediately call 911.