Cali prison escappee is caught after 17 years

FONTANA, CALIF. — Authorities say they have captured a 42-year-old man who had escaped from a California prison 17 years ago.

Fontana police said Monday that Jose Ochoa was found late last week living in a basement at a home in nearby Colton. Ochoa didn't have any form of identification but a fingerprint check revealed Ochoa's identity.

Police say Ochoa was convicted of possession of a controlled substance for sales and escaped from a state prison in Tulare County in 1996.

Ochoa was arrested and taken to the California Institute for Men in Chino.

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/01/21/2364645/calif-prison-escapee-caught-after.html#storylink=cpy

possession of a controlled substance for sales ? You would think he would have escaped after being convicted of triple murder and was sentenced to 250 years Life. But yea, not bad........

RC wrote:possession of a controlled substance for sales ? You would think he would have escaped after being convicted of triple murder and was sentenced to 250 years Life. But yea, not bad........

I was thinking the same thing lol.. But yeah not bad escaping the joint and lasting out that long.