A Coralville man has been charged with absence from custody from the Hope House.

Jonathan Lovell was assigned to the Hope House, a community corrections facility, 2501 Holiday Road, on Dec. 22, 2011. Lovell allegedly signed out of the facility on a recreational furlough to the Coralville Wal-Mart. According to a report from the 6th District Court, Lovell’s scheduled return time was 4:42 p.m. on Dec. 22.

Lovell allegedly failed to return at that time and any time following. When the report was issued, Lovell’s whereabouts remained unknown.

Absence from custody is punishable by up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $1,875.

— by Conrad Swanson