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Authorities Looking For Escapee From Federal Prison In Santa Barbara County

Authorities are looking for a federal prison inmate who apparently walked away from a minimum security facility in Santa Barbara County.

Vincente Ramirez Junior was discovered missing from the U.S. Penitentiary Lompoc’s Satellite Prison Camp at around four p.m. Monday.

The 27 year old Central California man was serving a 15 year sentence for drugs and weapons convictions. Federal, state, and local officials are looking for the man.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.