Crescent City – An inmate walked away from Pelican Bay State Prison’s Minimum Support Facility (MSF) this afternoon.
Inmate Tore Digirolamo, 44, was found missing from his assigned bunk in the MSF dorm.
Digirolamo is a white male with brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5’ 6” and weighs 193 pounds.
Digirolamo was received from Los Angeles County on July 7, 2011 with a four-year sentence for second-degree burglary.
Pelican
Bay State Prison has initiated its escape apprehension procedures and
is working with local law enforcement officials to apprehend the
escapee. Anyone who may know the whereabouts of this inmate is asked to
call (707) 465-1280 or call 911.
UPDATE 7-16-13:
CRESCENT CITY –
Pelican Bay State Prison’s Crisis Response Team apprehended inmate Tore
Digirolamo, 44, on July 15 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Digirolamo had
walked away from the prison’s Minimum Support Facility (MSF) earlier
yesterday.
Pelican Bay administrators had initiated its escape
apprehension procedures after the inmate was found missing from his
assigned bunk in the MSF dorm.
The Del Norte County Sheriff’s
Office, the California Highway Patrol, the Crescent City Police
Department and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife helped
Pelican Bay officers in the search for the missing inmate, who was found
hiding in the nearby woods.
Digirolamo was received from Los Angeles County on July 7, 2011 with a four-year sentence for second-degree burglary.
He
was returned to Pelican Bay without incident and was re-housed in the
Administrative Segregation Unit. The Del Norte County District
Attorney’s office was notified.
As of 2012 there have been 19,342
escapes from adult prisons, camps, and in-state contract beds since
1977. Of those escapes, 19,059 (98.5 percent) have been apprehended as
of December 31, 2012.
