Inmate Walks Away From Taft Correctional Institution Minimum Security Camp
March 1, 2010
Humberto Martinez Jr.
Taft, California. On February 28, 2010, at 10:00 PM, while conducting the official count, staff at the Taft Correctional Institution discovered one inmate was missing from the Institution's Satellite Camp facility. The Satellite Camp is a minimum-security facility that houses approximately 550 federal inmates. There is no security fence around the facility, which is common for a minimum-security facility within the federal prison system. Minimum security is the lowest security level in the federal prison system.
Taft Correctional Institution immediately contacted all appropriate law enforcement agencies including the Taft Police Department, Bakersfield Police Department, Kern County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maricopa Police Department, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and United States Marshals Service.
Humberto Martinez Jr., Register Number 29975-112 SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1, was sentenced on July 24, 2006, in the Central District of California, to 188 months in federal custody for Conspiracy To Import Controlled Substances. He arrived at the Taft Correctional Institution Satellite Camp on June 19, 2009, as a lesser security transfer from the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc, California. His projected release date was February 1, 2018.
Inmate Humberto Martinez Jr., a 35-year-old white male of Hispanic origin, was born in Los Angeles, California on July 26, 1974. He is 5'9" tall, and weighs approximately 225 lbs. He has black hair, and brown eyes, and scars on his left hand, left shin and left thigh. He has used the following aliases: Humberto Martinez, Armando Lopez Mendez; and Junior. His home address is listed as 10601 Clancey Avenue, Downey, California 90241. Prior to incarceration he bought and sold cars, and was the owner/operator of the Hotspot Sports Bar and Mariscos Bahia Ensenada restaurants in Downey, California.
If anyone suspects they have seen this individual or obtains information as to his location, please contact the Taft Correctional Institution at 661-763-2510, or any law enforcement agency.
Taft Correctional Institution immediately contacted all appropriate law enforcement agencies including the Taft Police Department, Bakersfield Police Department, Kern County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maricopa Police Department, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and United States Marshals Service.
Humberto Martinez Jr., Register Number 29975-112 SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1, was sentenced on July 24, 2006, in the Central District of California, to 188 months in federal custody for Conspiracy To Import Controlled Substances. He arrived at the Taft Correctional Institution Satellite Camp on June 19, 2009, as a lesser security transfer from the Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc, California. His projected release date was February 1, 2018.
Inmate Humberto Martinez Jr., a 35-year-old white male of Hispanic origin, was born in Los Angeles, California on July 26, 1974. He is 5'9" tall, and weighs approximately 225 lbs. He has black hair, and brown eyes, and scars on his left hand, left shin and left thigh. He has used the following aliases: Humberto Martinez, Armando Lopez Mendez; and Junior. His home address is listed as 10601 Clancey Avenue, Downey, California 90241. Prior to incarceration he bought and sold cars, and was the owner/operator of the Hotspot Sports Bar and Mariscos Bahia Ensenada restaurants in Downey, California.
If anyone suspects they have seen this individual or obtains information as to his location, please contact the Taft Correctional Institution at 661-763-2510, or any law enforcement agency.
