Rogelio Chavez, who escaped from the Santa Clara, Calif., County Jail on November 23, was recaptured Wednesday in San Jose. Photo courtesy of Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Police in California announced they captured the second of two inmates who escaped from the Santa Clara County Jail in a San Jose home.
Rogelio Chavez, 23, was found in the San Jose home Wednesday night after an eight-hour standoff. He spent part of the time allegedly hiding in the attic, although he was arrested without incident in a room in the house. He was in possession of crack cocaine and marijuana, Santa Clara County Sheriff's spokeswoman Lt. Laurie Smith said. Chavez was briefly hospitalized before returning to jail.
Chavez was one of four inmates who escaped on Nov. 23 by sawing through steel bars, then climbing down from a second-floor window using tied-together bed sheets. Two of the escapees were caught immediately; another, Laron Campbell, 26, was captured Tuesday. The jailbreak prompted an intense manhunt stretching across the Bay Area.
Campbell's arrest came after he fell through the ceiling of his sister's home in Antioch into a room in which police officers were present, the San Jose Mercury-News reported. His sister, Marcaysha Alexander, 24, was arrested on charges of harboring a fugitive.
Carla Fernandez, a resident of the home in which Chavez was captured, was arrested for resisting and obstructing an investigation, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and being an accessory to Chavez's escape. Additional arrests of those who may have harbored Chavez while he was on the loose may be forthcoming, Smith added.
Chavez was originally jailed on Aug. 17 on charges including burglary, extortion, false imprisonment, resisting arrest and firearms violations. Campbell had been held since February 2015 on charges including robbery, false imprisonment, criminal threats and firearms violations.
