What the heck was an inmate doing walking along K Street in Brawley in an orange jumpsuit, shackles and handcuffs? The rumor is that he walked out of the sheriff’s substation in Brawley. This happened Tuesday around 1:40 in the afternoon. Where were all the bailiffs and the guards that hang around the courthouse all day? I understand that they didn’t know that the inmate was missing until the good old boys from the Brawley Police Department took him back to them. What kind of security do they have at the courthouse nowadays? This is scary and unacceptable, by all means. — Concerned, Brawley
We first called the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office last week and were told this did not happen, that no prisoner or inmate had gotten away.
Undersheriff Fred Miramontes did tell us Brawley police had arrested a female in some sort of robe that same day.
Fortunately, we spoke with Brawley Police Chief Mark Gillmore on Monday morning, and he told us all about the “shackled prisoner in an orange jumpsuit.”
Apparently a resident called in Feb. 14 to report an escaped inmate walking down the street, Gillmore said. When police arrived, the man was wearing no restraints, but he was wearing something orange in color that could have been mistaken for a jump suit. Gillmore said they might have been orange coveralls.
However, the man, who was stopped on I Street, was a parolee found to be in possession of ammunition, so he was arrested on a parole hold, Gillmore said.
We first called the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office last week and were told this did not happen, that no prisoner or inmate had gotten away.
Undersheriff Fred Miramontes did tell us Brawley police had arrested a female in some sort of robe that same day.
Fortunately, we spoke with Brawley Police Chief Mark Gillmore on Monday morning, and he told us all about the “shackled prisoner in an orange jumpsuit.”
Apparently a resident called in Feb. 14 to report an escaped inmate walking down the street, Gillmore said. When police arrived, the man was wearing no restraints, but he was wearing something orange in color that could have been mistaken for a jump suit. Gillmore said they might have been orange coveralls.
However, the man, who was stopped on I Street, was a parolee found to be in possession of ammunition, so he was arrested on a parole hold, Gillmore said.
