Police searching for escaped inmate in Long Beach
Police are looking for a convicted felon who walked out of the Male Community Re-entry Program in Long Beach Wednesday night.
The California Department of Corrections said the inmate tried tampering with his ankle monitor before walking out a an exit door that set of an alarm around 9:30 p.m.
"Staff immediately initiated an emergency count, confirming King was missing," according to a news statement. "Within minutes, agents from CDCR's Office of Correctional Safety were directed to locate and apprehend King and notification was made to local law enforcement."
Dajuan King, age 26, is around 6 feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. He has brown eyes, black hair and distinctive tattoos on his cheek and neck and an "L" between his eyebrows. King was serving a 10 year sentence for robbery.
If you have any information about King or know of his whereabouts, please contact the police.
