UPDATE (Tuesday, Aug. 23): Joseph Vidrios, a 21-year-old inmate who left a San Diego-area reentry facility, was spotted in Otay Mesa and taken into custody late Monday morning, according to state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials.
In a press release, CDCR officials said Vidrios “was apprehended a few hours later at a residential parking lot in the Otay Mesa area of San Diego.”
Vidrios was detained without incident, and officials said he was “transported to Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego and his case may be referred to the San Diego District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges.”
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a reentry facility in San Diego.
State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation official said 21-year-old Joseph Vidrios left the Male Community Reentry Program early Sunday morning. Officials “determined that Vidrios had departed the MCRP without authorization …” at around 12:22 a.m.
Upon learning Vidrios disappeared from the facility, officials quickly launched an emergency search.
Officials said, “Within minutes, agents from CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety were dispatched to locate and apprehend [Vidrios] and notification was made to local law enforcement agencies.”
Vidrios is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 178 pounds.
According to CDCR officials, Vidrios “was received by CDCR in June 2021 from San Diego County for second-degree robbery and assault with a firearm. He had been housed at the MCRP since January.”
The public is being urged to call law enforcement or 911 if Vidrios is spotted.
