Inmate walks away from Parlin Fork Conservation Camp in Mendocino County
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from the California Correctional Center Parlin Fork Conservation Camp in Mendocino County on Wednesday.
During an inmate count at around 8:30 p.m., staff discovered inmate Richard Solorzano, 32 was not in his assigned bunk, officials said. A search of the camp buildings and grounds was immediately conducted.
Officials said Solorzano was last seen at approximately 7 p.m. Wednesday wearing his state-issued orange CDCR shirt and pants.
CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety, Cal Fire, the California Highway Patrol and local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search.
Solorzano was assigned as a cook at Parlin Fork Conservation Camp in Fort Bragg California. Parlin Fork Conservation Camp houses approximately 100 minimum-custody inmates.
He is the fourth inmate to walk away from a North Coast conservation camp in less than a month.
Solozaro is a Hispanic male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds with brown eyes, a bald head, a mustache and goatee.
He was committed to CDCR in September 2017, from Orange County to serve an eight-year sentence for burglary and assault with a deadly weapon. He was scheduled to parole in August 2022.
Anyone who sees Solozaro should contact 911 or law enforcement authorities immediately.
Anyone having information about or knowledge of the location of Solozaro should contact the CCC Watch Commander at 530-257-2181, Extension 4173.
Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.