SAN DIEGO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are seeking a person who walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) facility in San Diego County on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
At about 10:31 p.m., officials were alerted that incarcerated person Justin Dake had tampered with his ankle monitor. The emergency count conducted confirmed that Dake was missing. CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search.
Justin Dake, 29, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 164 pounds. He has blue eyes and blond or strawberry blonde hair.
Dake was received from Orange County on May 10, 2017. He was sentenced to five years for attempted second-degree murder with enhancements for personal use of a dangerous or deadly weapon and inflicting great bodily injury. While incarcerated, he was also sentenced by Kern County on August 23, 2018, to seven years for assault by prisoner with force likely to produce great bodily injury with an enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury, an in-prison offense, as a second striker.
Anyone who sees Dake or has any knowledge of his whereabouts should immediately contact law enforcement or call 9-1-1, or contact Special Agent Guillermo Lopez 619-666-55-23.
The MCRP allows eligible offenders committed to state prison to serve the end of their Ssentences in the re-entry center and provides them the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community. It is a voluntary program for male offenders who have two years of less left to serve. The program links offenders to a range of community-based rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.
Since 1977, 99 percent of all people who have left an adult institution, camp, or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.
Justin M. Dake
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2025
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