Overview
- Staff received a tamper alert indicating the participant removed his GPS while on an approved community medical pass, and a search was launched.
- Authorities identified the man as 70-year-old Randy Seitzinger and said he is 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs about 191 pounds, and was last seen in blue jeans and a light short-sleeved shirt.
- The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Office of Correctional Safety and local San Diego law enforcement are coordinating the search and ask the public to call 911 or the tip line at 760-550-8782 with sightings.
- Seitzinger was moved into the Male Community Reentry Program from Orange County in May 2019 and was serving the end of a 15-year sentence for second-degree robbery and false imprisonment with violence.
- CDCR said electronic GPS monitoring and tamper alerts are standard for reentry supervision and that historically 99% of people who walked away from placements since 1977 have been apprehended, offering context on likely outcomes.