He didn’t stay free for long! In Northern California, a 30-year-old Yuba County man was released from jail minutes before breaking into a home, reports the Ukiah Daily Journal.
According to local police, witnesses working near the home reported seeing a man crawl into the home through a window.
Seeing the suspect running behind nearby county buildings and believing he may have just been released from jail, the witnesses said they followed the suspect and saw him enter the home.
When officers arrived, they reportedly found Enrique Velazquez inside. Velazquez had ransacked the inside of the home and pushed large items such as a dresser and refrigerator in front of the building’s doors in an attempt to barricade himself inside, reports the Associated Press.
After further investigation, police learned that Velazquez had been released from county jail just ten minutes before the break-in. He was initially brought in on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance after telling an officer he was “high on crystal meth”.
