Work furlough inmate fails to return to OCCC

Law enforcement officers were looking for work furlough inmate Jerone Batalona, who failed to return from a pass to the Laumaka Work Furlough Center on Tuesday evening.

Batalona left this morning on a job-seeking pass and was scheduled to return by 5 p.m. State sheriffs and Honolulu police were notified.

Batalona was serving time for second-degree robbery. His next parole hearing was scheduled for March 2016.

Batalona is classified as community custody, which is the lowest custody level. He is 41. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 182 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes.