A person who escaped from a California jail camp in 2011 has been captured in New York Metropolis, officers introduced Friday.
Authorities mentioned Eduardo Hernandez, 42, was arrested with out incident Might 20 and can quickly be extradited again to California, the place he might face fees for his escape in Solano County.
Hernandez was six years right into a 13-year sentence for carjacking when he stole away from the minimum-security Delta Camp in Suisun Metropolis in 2011. He fled with one other inmate, Jose Padilla.
The lads have been final seen about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 15. Regardless of each males sporting orange denims and shirts labeled “C.D.C.R. prisoner,” they vanished. Their escape was closely coated within the media.
The California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation referred reporters to the New York Police Division for particulars on how Hernandez was apprehended. NYPD officers didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
California jail officers mentioned that since 1977, 99% of “individuals who have left an grownup establishment, camp, or group based mostly program with out permission” have been caught.
Padilla is just not amongst them. Officers mentioned Saturday that he has “not but been apprehended.”
