December 2, 2008
Inmate caught in Bakersfield hours after escape from CCI
The California Correctional Institution notified area law enforcement agencies Monday, Dec. 1 that a minimum security inmate had stolen a state truck and escaped –- but he was well on his way to Bakersfield before the roads could be blocked.
Inmate Jack Gayne, 40, of Torrance, helped himself to a white Chevy Silverado pickup he was working on at the prison motor pool and drove through a ranch-type fence outside the secure perimeter at approximately 10:45 a.m. Officers from four agencies apprehended him at 3:45 p.m. the same day in Bakersfield as he was making a phone call in a booth near a Texaco station on Weedpatch Highway.
CCI Acting Public Information Manager and Community Partnership Manager Brian Parriott said he notified area law enforcement agencies appropriately and according to procedure following the confirmation by prison authorities that a prisoner had escaped…
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