Fountain Valley : Michigan Escapee Held After Check of License
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Fountain Valley police arrested an escaped felon from Michigan early Tuesday after running a routine check of his license plate.
Juan J. Mireles, 25, was arrested without incident along with three other men from Michigan as they walked to their car in the parking lot at the Econo Lodge near Magnolia Avenue and the San Diego Freeway shortly after midnight.
Fountain Valley Police Sgt. Larry Griswold said an officer spotted the 1976 Cadillac with Michigan license plates and found that a warrant had been issued.
Mireles had been serving a sentence of 5-15 years for breaking and entering an occupied home, Michigan State Police Sgt. Bill Sholten said. He said Mireles escaped from Camp Tuscola, a minimum-security prison camp in Caro, Mich., on Nov. 12.
Mireles was being held without bail Tuesday in Orange County Jail.
The other three men, all from Michigan, were arrested on suspicion of aiding an escapee. They were also held in lieu of $10,000 bail in Orange County Jail.
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