SAN JOSE, Calif.—One of two inmates who sawed their way out of a California jail and vanished last week was recaptured late Tuesday, authorities said. The search continued for the other one.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said Laron Campbell was taken back into custody and was being transported back to Santa Clara County. It wasn’t immediately clear where the arrest occurred, and no other details were released.
Deputies are still searching for Rogelio Chavez, it said.
Chavez and Campbell escaped with two other prisoners last Wednesday night from Santa Clara County’s main jail by cutting through the bars covering a second-story window and then rappelling to the ground on a bedsheet rope. The others were quickly apprehended.
Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies look for jail escapees Rogelio Chavez and Laron Campbell, in San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 29, 2016. Nhat V. Meyer/San Jose Mercury News via AP
