Escape from Santa Cruz Main Jail

Date/Time of Incident/Event: July 8, 2016

Location of Incident: 259 Water St.-Santa Cruz Main Jail

Case Number: 16-05326

Type of Incident: Inmate Escape

Description of Incident:

Earlier this morning, 20 year old Karma Mendenhall walked away from the Santa Cruz Main Jail’s kitchen area. Mendenhall was a low risk sentenced prisoner housed at the Rountree Minimum Security Jail in Watsonville. Mendenhall was assigned to a kitchen crew of inmates who provide food preparation services for jail facilities.

Mendenhall is a white male adult, 6’01, 155 lbs, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a tan colored jail issued sweater and green colored jail issued pants, and running towards the levee area behind the main jail at 259 Water St. Mendenhall was a sentenced prisoner serving time for misdemeanor offenses and had a release date of October 29, 2016.

We ask that anyone with information of Mendenhall’s whereabouts contact our office at 831-471-1121.

Prepared by: Sergeant Roy A. Morales

Date/Time of Media Release: July 8, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.