Waterloo Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Escaping from Custody

A man who escaped from custody was sentenced today to more than a year in federal prison.  Nicholas Robert Campbell-Scott, age 29, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 4, 2026, guilty plea to escape from custody.

Information at sentencing showed that, in January 2026, Campbell-Scott cut his ankle monitor and fled from the Gerald R. Hinzman Center, a residential re‑entry center in Cedar Rapids.  Law enforcement officers arrested Campbell‑Scott six days later in Coralville, Iowa.  At the time of his escape, Campbell-Scott was serving a federal prison sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon.  He has past convictions for escape and absence from custody.  

Campbell-Scott was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Campbell-Scott was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

Campbell-Scott is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and investigated by the United States Marshals Service and the Iowa Department of Corrections.  

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 26-CR-2.  Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.