A burglar serving a six-year sentence, who walked away from a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation re-entry program facility in Los Angeles, has been found, authorities said Monday.
Officials realized about 4:30 p.m. Friday that Deondre Whitfield, 30, had left the Male Community Reentry Program Facility, and an emergency search was conducted.
Local law enforcement agencies were notified and agents from the CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety were called in to locate and apprehend Whitfield, according to an official with the CDCR. The location of the facility was not released.
On Sunday night, Whitfield was found in Norwalk, according to the CDCR. His case will be referred to the Los Angeles County District Attorney for consideration of escape charges
Whitfield was transferred from the California Institution for Men in Chino to the re-entry facility on Nov. 14, and was scheduled to be released in September.