August 9, 2011
Ventura DJJ escapees sought in Los Angeles
Corrections and law enforcement officers continue to search today for two Ventura Youth Correctional Facility inmates who escaped Friday while clearing brush in the Hollywood Hills near Studio City.
Pablo Ontaneda, 18, and Christopher Ochoa, 19, were part of a work crew participating in a fire prevention project near Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon Boulevard when supervisors noticed they were missing about 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Ontaneda has been held at the Camarillo youth-detention facility since June 2010 for second-degree robbery. Ochoa has been there since July 2008 for second-degree robbery and personal use of a firearm. The men are both from Los Angeles County, said Bill Sessa, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...
LINK - VCStar.com
