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SACRAMENTO, Calif.- The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) arrested a Monterey County teenager Wednesday morning in Sacramento less than 24 hours after he escaped from a Conservation Camp in Amador County.
A CDCR Fugitive Apprehension Team, with aid from the Sacramento Police Department and the U.S. Marshal Service, tracked Angel Iniquez to the 2400 block of Connie Drive in Sacramento, where he was arrested at 2:30 am without incident.
Authorities said Iniquez was with the Pine Grove Conservation Camp work crew in Amador County late Tuesday morning when he was driven away from a roadside cleanup project on old Highway 49 in Sutter Creek by two accomplices. CDCR officers were distracted by another crew member who needed medical attention after cutting his leg with a chainsaw.
Iniquez was the first juvenile in seven years to attempt an escape from the Pine Grove Conservation Camp.
Authorities can't release publicly why Iniquez was in custody because he is a juvenile, but the Division of Juvenile Justice only houses youth who have committed serious and violent felonies like robbery, assault, and rape. Iniquez also was a known gang member.
