SANTA ANA – A Chilean national who escaped from a state prison fire camp in Los Angeles County on Sunday while serving time for his role in an Orange County burglary and police pursuit that left an innocent driver seriously injured was recaptured Thursday evening with the assistance of investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
Alejandro Tobarfuentes, 33, was arrested Thursday evening in the city of Mecca, California in Riverside County by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Office of Correctional Safety, Special Agents acting on information from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. He has been transferred to the California Institution for Men in Chino.
Alejandro Tobarfuentes and his partner Jorge Navarretecorvalan were arrested on Saturday, June 8, 2024, after crashing their Mini Cooper head-on into a Toyota Camry while driving northbound in the southbound lanes after narrowly missing hitting an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy who had tried to pull their vehicle over. The driver suffered serious injuries…