Courtesy KBAK
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A convicted rapist who escaped custody at Kern Medical faces additional charges after allegedly using tear gas on a correctional officer during the escape.
Vincent Deleon, 45, who was previously convicted in the 2023 kidnapping and rape of a woman from an In-Shape gym, was booked on suspicion of conspiracy, resisting an officer, and other charges after he allegedly escaped from Kern County Sheriff’s deputies as they transported him to the hospital on Mt. Vernon Avenue on Wednesday, May 20.
Deleon reportedly ran into an apartment on Quincy Street but was captured after about 90 minutes.
He goes to court Friday, May 22, on the new charges.
Sentencing in his rape case is scheduled for June 24 where he faces five consecutive life sentences.
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