An inmate who walked away from an L.A. County firefighting camp was recaptured hours later, the second such incident in California within the final week, the state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation stated Monday.
The 33-year-old inmate, Angel Gaxiola, was found lacking by the employees throughout a head rely at Holton Conservation Camp, which is within the mountains northeast of Sylmar, about 9 p.m. Sunday, the division stated.
A name went out to native regulation enforcement, and about 8 a.m. Monday, the Upland police apprehended Gaxiola, the division stated. Jail officers didn’t say the place Gaxiola was arrested, however Sylmar is about 50 miles from Upland.
Gaxiola, who was serving a six-year sentence for theft, had been at Holton Conservation Camp since January.
The fireplace camp is collectively operated by the Los Angeles County Fireplace Division and state jail officers and is staffed by county firefighters and corrections personnel who supervise incarcerated fireplace crews.
The crews at Holton clear brush and set up fireplace traces throughout wildland fires, the state stated. Crews additionally carry out park upkeep and brush clearance for fireplace prevention at well-known L.A. landmarks, together with the Hollywood Bowl, Mt. Wilson and the paths of Angeles Nationwide Forest, the state stated.
The division stated Gaxiola’s case was referred to the Los Angeles County district legal professional “for consideration of escape expenses.”
His recapture occurred two days after authorities apprehended one other inmate who walked away from a firefighting camp in El Dorado County in Northern California.
Dion Harvey, 24, was equally found lacking from his bunk throughout a camp rely Friday evening at Growlersburg Conservation Camp, the corrections division stated. A search adopted, and he was captured Saturday morning.
The California Division of Corrections, which has reported different related instances in latest months, stated in a assertion on its web site that since 1977, “99 % of all individuals who have left an grownup establishment, camp, or in-state contract mattress or Neighborhood Rehabilitative Program Placement have been apprehended.”
