1 of 2 escapees from county detention facility arrested

One in all two inmates who escaped from the Marsh Creek Detention Facility in Contra Costa County final weekend was arrested Thursday at a Vallejo lodge, in line with the county Sheriff’s Workplace.

Gerardo Ramirez-Vera, 33, of Richmond, was discovered on the lodge round 9:15 a.m. Thursday and was taken to county jail in Martinez after Ramirez-Vera and Jorge Garcia-Escamillia, 28, of Pittsburg have been reported lacking from the minimum-security facility in Clayton final Sunday morning, sheriff’s officers mentioned.

Ramirez-Vera was convicted of weapon, housebreaking and vandalism costs and was on account of be launched from the county-run facility in early January 2023, whereas Garcia-Escamillia was being held on costs of car theft, possession of a stolen car, possession of housebreaking instruments and drug possession, and had court docket dates nonetheless pending, in line with the Sheriff’s Workplace.

Jorge Garcia-Escamilla, 28, of Pittsburg. (Picture courtesy CCCSO)

Each males now face felony costs of escape from a county detention facility and will obtain a state jail sentence.

The Marsh Creek Detention Facility homes sentenced inmates and people going through lower-level costs who would probably obtain a sentence to be served domestically quite than in a state jail, sheriff’s officers mentioned.