Escaped Inmate From Los Angeles Reentry Program​ Captured In Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, CA — An escaped incarcerated man who walked away from a Los Angeles Male Community Reentry Program facility more than two weeks ago has been captured in Las Vegas, corrections officials said Saturday.

Dijon Barber was taken into custody without incident Friday by the North Las Vegas Criminal Apprehension Team in Las Vegas, according to officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He is currently housed at a county jail in Nevada awaiting transfer back to California, where he will be placed in a CDCR institution.

Barber escaped from the reentry facility on April 12.

He was received from Los Angeles County on March 18, 2024, to serve a four-year sentence for first-degree robbery, theft/embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult, and grand theft from a person, according to corrections authorities. Barber's case will be referred to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office for consideration of escape charges.

According to the CDCR, since 1977, 99 % of all people who have left an adult institution, camp, or in-state contract bed or Community Rehabilitative Program Placement without permission have been apprehended.

— City News Service