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2 escaped inmates apprehended in Sacramento




SOLEDAD — Less than 24 hours after being reported missing, authorities captured 2 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) inmates who escaped from the minimum-support facility at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) on Sunday, May 6.

At approximately 2:45 am on Monday morning, May 7, CDCR Special Service Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Team officers, operating on information developed during the investigation, located 23-year-old Richard P. Almanza and 35-year-old Jonathan J. Damiano at a hotel in the Del Paso Heights area in Sacramento. They were quickly taken into custody without incident and are being transported back to the Salinas Valley State Prison.

Almanza and Damiano were reported missing at approximately 8:55 am on Sunday morning, May 6. Notification was immediately made to local law enforcement agencies to assist in the search.

Almanza was received by CDCR in July of 2016, from Santa Barbara and is serving a 4 year, 8 month sentence for burglary in the 1st degree and manufacturing/possession of a blackjack as a 2nd striker, while Damiano was received by CDCR in August of 2017 from Sacramento and is serving a 3 year sentence for burglary in the 2nd degree. Both may face charges in this incident.



Since 1977, 99% of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.

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