Escaped Inmate Still on Loose: Sonoma Sheriff

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — An escapee from a Sonoma County jail facility remained on the loose Friday, more than 24 hours after he reportedly walked away from the North County Detention Center in Santa Rosa.

Enrique Rodriguez Faurrieta, 39, of Santa Rosa, was working in the garden area of the facility off Airport Boulevard north of Santa Rosa when he walked off at 1:20 p.m. Thursday, according to a statement from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.

The North County Detention Center is a low-risk facility, but Faurrieta is still considered an escapee and detectives are searching for him, sheriff's authorities said.

Faurrieta was serving time on a drug charge and was scheduled to be released on Sept. 15, 2017, not in two weeks as originally reported, Sonoma sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Crum said Friday.

Faurrieta is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes, Crum told Patch.

Anyone who knows of Faurrieta’s whereabouts or sees him in the community is encouraged to call the Sonoma County Sheriff’s dispatch center at 707-565-2121.