Police search for woman who escaped from Hollywood station

Los Angeles police were searching Thursday for a woman who walked away from detention at the Hollywood police station.

Christine Darlene Calderon, 20, was being held at the station’s detention bench, near its jail, when she escaped Thursday morning. She had been taken to the station to be booked for having a switchblade. But when officers went to check on her, they realized she had escaped.

They learned she had removed her handcuffs, dropped them in the parking lot and fled. She is on probation for grand theft, police said.

Officers cordoned off several blocks around the station at 1358 Wilcox Ave. to look for her, said Officer Sara Faden, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The perimeter was taken down later after Calderon had not been found.

She is described as a 5-foott-5 black woman with black hair and brown eyes and weighing 145 pounds. She was wearing green pants, a dark shirt and no shoes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Hollywood station detectives at (213) 972-2922.

-- Sam Quinones

Photo: Christine Calderon. Credit: Los Angeles Police Department

Comments

[Dodger Tony]

I guess when the fuzz mess up, the Times will alter their policy of not identifying a suspect by race. Good to know that LAPD is on top of the problem. She probably had help from inside.

[charley Walker]

Really. A switchblade that was taken from her? she isn't even a threat.

[JiveNJingle]

@ charley walker: She was on probation, that means NO WEAPONS. And since she was on probation and had no issues with carrying what could be a deadly weapon, then YES, she IS a threat. You're the type to be the first person screaming if she'd committed a crime with said switchblade. Come on with the hypocrisy!

[Jay]

Did she have a wig on before the Photo? Looks like it hahaha

[John]

Dodger Tony,

Read it again Bud, 5' 5" BLACK woman......go Dodgers

[Chico]

They need to get this guy off the steets. He looks like a real menace.