Manhunt On For Escaped Prisoner In Los Angeles County

ACTON , CA — Authorities are looking for a 25-year-old inmate, who walked away from a prison camp in Acton on Sunday.

Erick Mendiola was serving a six-year sentence for evading a peace officer while driving recklessly and second-degree robbery when he fled, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He was scheduled for parole next spring.

Officials are asking for help finding Mendiola.

Mendiola was discovered missing from Acton Conservation Camp #11 during an inmate count at about 9 p.m. Sunday, according to a CDCR statement. A search of camp buildings and grounds was conducted immediately afterward, but he was not found.

He was last seen at the camp at about 7 p.m.. He was described as Hispanic, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 215 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.

CDCR's Office of Correctional Safety, the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Fire and Sheriff's departments were assisting in the search for Mendiola, who was committed to the CDCR on Oct. 22, 2019, from Stanislaus County to serve a six-year sentence for evading a peace officer while driving recklessly and second-degree robbery.

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

Anyone with information of Mendiola's whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Acton Conservation Camp's commander, Lt. D.E. Foote, at 661-268-0113.

City News Service contributed to this report.