Crime & Safety
Five Arrested in Escape from La Honda Boys Ranch
Sheriff's Office nabs two juvenile escapees from correctional facility and three adults suspected of aiding and abetting the 17-year-olds.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office arrested five individuals allegedly connected with an escape attempt from a juvenile correctional facility in La Honda on Tuesday night, the agency announced this morning.
Deputies were dispatched to the Log Cabin Boys Ranch at approximately 10:11 p.m. to respond to a report of two juveniles escaping the facility in what was described as a dark-colored Buick Park Avenue with 22-inch wheels. The car was reported to be moving at high speed.
While en route to the ranch, deputies passed a vehicle matching the description of the car. After stopping the car, they found the two escapees and three adult females.
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Staff from the Log Cabin Boys Ranch positively identified the escapees at the location where the car was stopped.
Deputies arrested all five individuals in the car.
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The two juveniles, both 17 years old and originally from San Francisco, were charged with violation of 871(a) Welfare and Institution Code: Minor Escape from Custody and Penal Code Section 182: Conspiracy. Both were booked into the San Mateo County Youth Service Center.
The three adult females, aged 18, 19 and 21, were charged with violation of Penal Code sections 4534: Aid and Abet an Escapee and Section 182: Conspiracy. All were booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility. Two are San Francisco residents and one resides in Antioch.
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