Second fugitive inmate arrested after standoff

SAN JOSE — A second fugitive inmate who escaped last week from a county jail in California by rappelling down with a bedsheet was re-arrested Wednesday after a standoff with police that lasted more than seven hours.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department says Rogelio Chavez was recaptured Wednesday night at a house in San Jose.

A SWAT team shot tear gas canisters into the home at least twice earlier in the day.

Video of the scene showed a man in handcuffs being led out of the house by at least six officers.

Late Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service and police in Antioch arrested 26-year-old Laron Campbell.

Chavez and Campbell escaped with two other prisoners last week by cutting through the bars covering a second-story window and then rappelling to the ground on a bedsheet rope. The others were quickly apprehended.

Campbell’s sister, Marcaysha Alexander, 24, was also arrested on suspicion of harboring a fugitive.

Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Mike Glennon said authorities received “numerous tips” that helped authorities locate Campbell after Sheriff Laurie Smith announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to the fugitives’ recapture.

Chavez was awaiting trial on several felony charges, including burglary, extortion, false imprisonment, resisting arrest and firearms violations.