Crime & Safety

Search Continues For Inmate Who Walked Away From Reentry Program

Dijon Barber was sentenced for first-degree robbery, theft/embezzlement from elder/dependent adult and grand theft of a person.

Dijon Barber was sentenced to four years for first-degree robbery, theft/embezzlement from elder/dependent adult and grand theft of a person.
Dijon Barber was sentenced to four years for first-degree robbery, theft/embezzlement from elder/dependent adult and grand theft of a person. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)

LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities are continuing their search Sunday for an incarcerated man who removed his GPS device and walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program in Los Angeles.

Officials were alerted at 11:30 a.m. Saturday that Dijon Barber, 32, had removed his tracking device, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said.

He was described as 6 feet tall, about 240 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black-and-brown hoodie, black sweats and black sandals.

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Barber was sentenced to four years for first-degree robbery, theft/embezzlement from elder/dependent adult and grand theft of a person.

Anyone who sees Barber or has information on his whereabouts was asked to call 911, or Special Agent Rene Ramos at 909-322-8197.

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— City News Service