State Corrections Dept. apprehends man who left rehab program

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – An inmate who walked away from a rehabilitation program in San Diego was apprehended, authorities said today.

According to a news release from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 70-year-old Randy Seitzinger — serving a 15-year sentence on felony convictions — left the Male Community Reentry Program on Thursday.

The program allows convicted people to voluntarily serve the end of their sentences in a community setting, rather than behind bars, according to the CDCR.

Seitzinger was received from Orange County on May 22, 2019, after being sentenced for second-degree robbery and false imprisonment with violence, according to the CDCR.

The man “was taken into custody on Friday in La Jolla without incident by officers from the CDCR Office of Correctional Safety,” officials said.

Since 1977, 99% of inmates “who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, in-state contract bed or community rehabilitative program placement have been apprehended,” according to the CDCR.

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