A man finishing his federal sentence on a gun charge and who then failed to return to confinement at a halfway house was sentenced today to a year and one-half in federal prison.

Nathan Brocks, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an October 27, 2009, guilty plea to one count of escape.

On May 2, 2007, Brocks was sentenced in federal court in Cedar Rapids to 46 months’ imprisonment for the felony offense of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. As of August 21, 2009, he was serving the final portion of his federal term of imprisonment at the Gerald Hinzman residential community correction center in Cedar Rapids. Brocks signed out to work on August 21 and was to return to the Hinzman Center at 3:45 a.m. on August 22. Brocks did not return as scheduled and had walked off his job at about 7 p.m. on August 21. Brocks did not voluntarily return to the Hinzman Center and was arrested by police in Cedar Rapids on August 25 on an escape warrant.

Brocks was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. He was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, and a special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bob Teig and was investigated by the United States Marshals Service.

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