Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Escape from Custody

A man who escaped from custody in the Gerald R. Hinzman Center was sentenced September 13, 2024, to 24 months in federal prison.

Casey Duhme, age 35, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the sentence after an April 16, 2024, guilty plea to one count of escape from federal custody.  At the plea hearing, Duhme admitted that he was in custody at the Hinzman Center under a federal court order pursuant to his prior conviction for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.  Duhme admitted that, between June 12, 2023, and August 31, 2023, he left custody without authorization by failing to return to the Hinzman Center as required.

Duhme was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Duhme was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.  

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and the Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is CR 24-20.

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