LAKE COUNTY — Alden Vincent Miller, a minimum custody inmate who walked away from his assigned work site on Saturday, was located, arrested and charged with escape.
Lake County Sheriff”s Office (LCSO) deputies responded Saturday around 3:52 p.m. to the Lake County Department of Public Services yard, located on Mendenhall Drive in Upper Lake, to a report of an inmate who had walked away.
Deputies were able to confirm Miller, 50, of Upper Lake, had walked away from his work detail, according to LCSO Capt. Chris Macedo.
Miller was a sentenced inmate at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and was in custody on a drug-related charge. Miller and several other inmates were assigned to work at the Public Services yard as part of their sentence.
Around 3:20 p.m., a Public Services employee was unloading a truck and noticed Miller was missing. He gathered the rest of the inmate workers in an attempt to find out where Miller was and called the LCSO to report him as missing.
The employee found Miller”s inmate work shirt and hat near the corner of First and Sabini streets in Upper Lake. Deputies responded to the area and searched for Miller without finding him.
According to LCSO Sgt. Steve Brooks, deputies responded to the area of Second and League streets in Upper Lake Monday around 8:52 p.m. for a reported sighting of Miller.
Deputies located Miller on Mendenhall Lane and took him into custody without incident, Brooks said.
Miller was arrested and charged with escaping from custody and was transported to Hill Road Correctional Facility.
