Three inmates remain on the loose Merced County Sheriff’s catch three escapees and arrest alleged accomplices Merced County Sheriff s are still searching for three escaped inmates: MeJorge Barron, 20, of Atwater; Gabriel Francis Coronado, 19, of Atwater; Manuel Allen Leon, 21, of Vallejo.
The hunt for three inmates who escaped from the Merced County Jail continues as the sheriff’s department arrests people accused of aiding in the escape.
Three of the escapees have been apprehended, the Mercy County Sheriff’s Department reported.
The six inmates were discovered missing from their cell from the downtown Merced County Jail just after midnight on Jan. 10. A preliminary investigation has determined that the inmates were able to gain access to the roof of the facility and utilize a homemade rope to scale down the side of the jail, according to the sheriff s department.
Six Are Accused of Helping Fugitives Escape From California Jail
The defendants were identified as friends and relatives of six inmates who had escaped from a jail in Merced County this month. Three of the fugitives remain at large, the authorities said.
Clockwise from top left: Edgar Eduardo Ventura, Fabian Cruz Roman, Manuel Allen Leon, Gabriel Francis Coronado, Andres Nunez Rodriguez Jr. and Jorge Barron. Three are still at large: Jorge Barron, Gabriel Francis Coronado and Manuel Allen Leon.Credit.Merced County Sheriff’s Office
Jan. 21, 2021
Six relatives and friends of six inmates who used a rope of braided bedsheets to break out of a California jail this month have been arrested and charged with helping the men escape, the authorities said.
Six people arrested for allegedly helping inmates escape from the Merced County jail
Merced Sun-Star 1/21/2021 Shawn Jansen, Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.)
Jan. 20 The Merced County Sheriff s Office arrested six people accused of helping inmates escape from the Merced County jail on Jan. 10.
The arrests were made by the Merced County Sheriff s Office, The United States Marshals Service, and the Department of Justice. Over the past week, investigators have learned that friends and family members of the escapees aided in their escape during and after their incarceration, the Merced County Sheriff s Office stated in a social media post.
Deputies identified those arrested as Sonia Montes, 46, of Merced, Elvira Aleman De Montes, 66, of Atwater, Alexia Hernandez-Ramirez, 20, of Atwater, Arthur Quirarte, 19, of Atwater, Rosario Coronado, 41, of Merced, and Raheem Hill, 28, of Merced.