An inmate who disappeared from the Community Corrections Center- Lincoln last week has returned to the facility on his own. Department of Corrections officials say Gary Filip turned himself in at the facility on Wednesday.
Authorities were notified on June 14 that he failed to return to the facility following a work assignment in the community. Filip started his sentence on January 10, 2010. He was sentenced to 21 years and eight months to 37 years on charges out of Buffalo and Sarpy counties that include robbery, possession of oxycontin, use of a firearm to commit a felony and receiving stolen property.
Filip has a parole eligibility date of January 13, 2023 and a tentative release date of September 14, 2030.