IDOC walkaway back in custody

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) - UPDATE 9/9/21: An East Boise Community Reentry Center resident who walked away from her job in the community on Sunday is back in custody.

The Idaho Department of Correction’s Special Investigations Unit located Venecia M. Lopez, IDOC #130833, at a residence in Garden City at 12:50 p.m. Thursday. She was taken into custody and booked into the Ada County jail without incident.

IDOC thanks the Garden City Police Department for their assistance with this case

ORIGINAL: The Idaho Department of Correction is searching for an East Boise Community Reentry Center resident who has walked away from her job in the community.

Venecia M. Lopez, IDOC #130833, was last seen about 3 p.m. Sunday in the 29-hundred block of West Elder Street in Boise.

Lopez is Hispanic, 21 years old, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 100 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and a light complexion.

On April 16, 2019, in Ada County, Lopez was sentenced to two years to five years for possession of a controlled substance. She was scheduled to be eligible for parole on Oct. 3, 2021. Her sentence was to be discharged on Oct. 2, 2024.

People with information about Lopez’s whereabouts should call 9-1-1.