An inmate serving a sentence for false impersonation walked away from a Los Angeles County halfway house Monday afternoon, two months before he was due to be released on probation.
It was the second time in four days that an inmate near release fled a county halfway house.
The inmate involved in today’s case was identified as Jeffrey Scott Pine, 47, who had been transferred on June 8 from the California Institute for Men in Chino to one of two Male Community Re-entry Program facilities in Los Angeles County, according to Krissi Khokhobashvili of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Corrections officials began a search upon being notified about 1:35 p.m. that Pine’s GPS monitoring device had been tampered with, Khokhobashvili said.
“Pine’s GPS device was found down the street from the facility,” Khokhobashvili said.
Pine is described as white, 5 feet 11 inches tall and bald. He has green eyes.
Anyone who spots him or has knowledge of his whereabouts was urged to call local law enforcement or 911.
On Friday, Sarkis Akopyan, 33, walked away from another Male Community Re-entry Program facility in Los Angeles County with just three months to go before he would have been released on probation. He was apprehended on Saturday and returned to the California Institution for Men in Chino, Khokhobashvili said.
–City News Service