A Northern California inmate who walked away from a state conservation camp in El Dorado County nearly six months ago was arrested Wednesday in Orange County, state corrections officials said.<\/p>\n
Juan David Veramancini, 49, was apprehended by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of first-degree burglary and possession of stolen property, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prison staff realized he had escaped from Growlersburg Conservation Camp near Georgetown during an evening head count on Feb. 23. He had been serving a one-year sentence for first-degree burglary.<\/p>\n
Following his arraignment on the Orange County charges, Veramancini will be returned to CDCR custody and rehoused at a state institution, officials said. His case will also be referred to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges.<\/p>\n
Growlersburg is one of California’s conservation camps and considered a minimum-security facility where eligible incarcerated people get training to fight wildfires and perform other emergency and public service work.<\/p>\n
CDCR said 99% of people who have left a state adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission since 1977 have been apprehended.<\/p>\n
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