Convicted Robber Arrested at Tri-City Motel

FREMONT - A woman who walked away from a convict rehabilitation facility in San Diego was found at a Fremont motel on Monday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Fremont police worked with state law enforcement to arrest Tumoi King, 28, who was serving a five-year sentence for second-degree robbery through a community program, state officials said.

King left the Community Transitional Reentry Program in San Diego on Jan. 4 with another woman, 20-year-old Viviana Mendez, state officials said.

Mendez was taken into custody on Saturday at a motel in the Southern California city of La Mesa. She was then transported to the California Institution for Women in Corona. King, who was scheduled to be paroled in October 2016, was transported to the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla.

She had been participating in the San Diego facility’s rehabilitative program since 2014, state officials said.

--Bay City News