Escape Results in Additional Federal Prison Sentence

A woman who was prosecuted for her second escape from federal custody was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.

Angela Hermine Walters, age 47, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2022 guilty plea to one count of escape from custody.

At the guilty plea, Walters admitted that, on October 19, 2021, she was in the custody of the Attorney General completing her federal sentence for failing to surrender to serve a prison sentence.  On that day Walters, left her assigned residential reentry center in Cedar Rapids, and did not return as scheduled.  Walters was found a few days later by Cedar Rapids Police officers.  Walters has a prior conviction for escape from federal custody.

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

Walters is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until she can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick J. Reinert and investigated by United States Marshals Service, with the assistance of the Cedar Rapids Iowa Police Department. 

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. 

The case file number is 22-CR-00020.

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