Valyermo--
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Special Service Unit (SSU) agents
apprehended a minimum-security inmate who walked away last
night from the Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp, located near the
community of Valyermo in Los Angeles Count.
At approximately 8:30 am, CDCR's SSU- Rancho Cucamonga agents identified Tom Williams III, 31, at a known residence in Lancaster and took inmate into custody after he walked away from the camp Thursday night.
At approximately 8:30 am, CDCR's SSU- Rancho Cucamonga agents identified Tom Williams III, 31, at a known residence in Lancaster and took inmate into custody after he walked away from the camp Thursday night.
Williams was committed to CDCR
on August, 9, 2011 from Los Angeles County to serve a three-year, four-month
sentence for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon. He was scheduled to parole in January 2013.
Of all offenders who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp or community-based program since 1977, 98.7 percent have been apprehended.
Of all offenders who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp or community-based program since 1977, 98.7 percent have been apprehended.
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