CHINO, Calif. (AP) – Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Southern California prison.
State prison officials say Michael Garrett was unaccounted for during a Sunday night count at the California Institution for Men in Chino, east of Los Angeles.
An emergency search was conducted of the facility, and the 33-year-old was not found.
Garrett is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 197 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
He was serving a four year, eight month sentence for first-degree burglary, evading or attempting to evade a peace officer while driving recklessly, and vehicle theft. He was scheduled for parole in October 2019.
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