2 Inmates Missing From Chuckawalla Valley State Prison

BLYTHE, Calif. -- Two inmates were reported missing Thursday from Chuckawalla Valley State Prison.

Steven Gumpert, 36, and John Nolan, 29, went missing around 9:40 a.m. from a minimum-security area of the prison in Blythe, said Chuckawalla Valley Lt. Debbie Asuncion.

Gumpert was serving a two-year sentence for vehicle theft, with a scheduled release date of May 2009, she said.

Nolan was serving a four-year sentence for burglary, and was up for parole in May 2010, according to Asuncion.

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