Calif. inmate who escaped jail camp almost 13 years in the past lastly caught in NYC

He had a very good run.

A California inmate who escaped a jail camp nearly 13 years in the past was lastly recaptured within the Large Apple final month, officers lately revealed.

Eduardo Hernandez, 42, was in the midst of his jail time period for an armed carjacking when he broke out of the Delta Conservation Camp earlier than daybreak on Nov. 15, 2011, in response to the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Hernandez was taken into custody after greater than a decade with out incident in New York Metropolis on Could 20, and is anticipated to be hauled again to California the place he’ll as soon as once more land in jail, corrections officers mentioned.

Extra particulars about his arrest weren’t supplied by California officers and an e-mail to the NYPD was not instantly returned Sunday night time.

Hernandez’s case might be turned over to the Solano County District Lawyer’s Workplace for doable escape prices.

The fugitive initially began a 13-year jail rap on Aug. 4, 2005 and had served six years earlier than his escape.

He and one other inmate had been final seen at round 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2011 on the minimal safety Delta Conservation Camp in Suisun Metropolis sporting orange blaze-colored denims and shirts with “CDCR prisoner” throughout the again, CBS Information Sacramento reported on the time.

The inmate who escaped with him, Jose Padilla, continues to be on the lam, the Los Angeles Instances reported.

The jail camp the place Hernandez was serving time is collectively operated by the corrections division and the state’s Division of Forestry and Hearth Safety.

“The first mission of the camp is to supply incarcerated hearth crews for hearth suppression within the Sonoma, Lake, Napa Unit and Solano County areas,” the state’s corrections division said.

“Nevertheless, crews may be dispatched all through the state. Along with hearth suppression, incarcerated hand crews present a workforce for conservation initiatives.”

Corrections officers mentioned since 1977, 99% of inmates who “left an grownup establishment, camp, or community-based program with out permission have been apprehended.”