A 53-year-old man who walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program facility in the Los Angeles area was located and taken into custody Monday.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials apprehended Anthony Tarin around 10:35 a.m. Monday in Monterey Park without incident and took him to the Los Angeles County jail for booking.
"At about 6:13 p.m. (Sunday), officials were alerted that incarcerated person Anthony Tarin had walked out of an MCRP facility," the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. "At 6:30 p.m., agents were notified that Tarin had removed his GPS device. CDCR's Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search."
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"Tarin was received from Los Angeles County on Oct. 24, 2023," the CDCR said. "He was sentenced to two years, eight months for attempted robbery, a second-strike offense."
Tarin had been housed at the reentry program facility since April 8.
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