Two women incarcerated at a minimum-security prison in California escaped on Monday and are being actively sought by federal and state authorities, it was reported on Thursday.
Anna Armstrong, 34, and Irene Mitchell, 37, walked out of the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on Monday evening, The Mercury News reported.
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office shared an image Wednesday of Mitchell, who was spotted near Manning Road and North Livermore Avenue in nearby Livermore.
It shows Mitchell in a white tank top, jeans, and sunglasses. She is seen hauling a bag and holding a cell phone in one hand and what appears to be a bottle of water in the other hand.
The two women were serving sentences for drug-related crimes.
Mitchell was sentenced to just over nine years in prison beginning in May 2014.
Anna Armstrong (left), 34, and Irene Mitchell, 37, walked out of the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office shared this image Wednesday of Mitchell, spotted today near Manning Road and North Livermore Avenue in nearby Livermore, California
The Federal Correction Institution in Dublin, California is a minimum-security facility whose inmates are all female
She has a lengthy criminal record in Montana and Washington that includes convictions for theft, assault, fraud, identity theft, and possession of stolen property.
Mitchell has been described as a 5-foot-8 Native American weighing approximately 180 pounds.
She has brown hair, brown eyes, and a tattoo on her neck that reads ‘Adan’.
In March of this year, Armstrong was sentenced to five years and three months in prison.
She is a white woman with a height listed at 5-foot-5. She weighs approximately 175 pounds and she has brown hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact the fugitive tip line of the United States Marshals Service at 1-877-926-8332. Anonymous tips can also be sent to http://northerncaliforniamostwanted.org.