San Quentin inmate escapes, manhunt underway
December 27, 2018 - 6:20 am
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Officials at San Quentin State Prison say authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from the facility overnight and pulled off a carjacking, according to various reports.
The 24-year-old inmate, Shalom Mendoza, was reported missing at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday during an institutional count.
Authorities say he seized someone’s car and fled in the Toyota RAV4 with California license plate number 6STZZ50.
Mendoza has been serving a five-year sentence for use of a deadly weapon during a carjacking and evading or attempting to evade a police officer while driving recklessly, ABC7news.com reported.