LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Lake County supervisor helped take a jail escapee into custody on Friday.

Supervisor Rob Brown confirmed to Lake County News that he helped catch the inmate who escaped from the facility late Friday night.

He identified the inmate as Anthony Ray Castro, 45, of Kelseyville, a jail trustee whose booking sheet said he was being held on misdemeanor drug and felony vandalism charges.

Brown, who also works as a bail bondsman, was at the jail to do a bail transaction, he said.

“And then I saw correctional officers running out” of the jail, he said.

Brown said he asked one of the correctional officers what was going on, and the officer told him there was an escape.

The officers began searching the outside of the jail, said Brown.

Based on information from the officers about where they had last seen Castro, Brown said he decided to drive down Hill Road.

As Brown drove down Hill Road and south of the jail, out of sight of the searching correctional officers, he saw Castro crouching down by the side of the road, wearing the recognizable blue trustee attire.

Brown said he got out of his truck in order to detain Castro.

“There was a little bit of a scuffle,” he said.

They went to the ground in the struggle but Brown was able to detain Castro, he said. Brown estimated that about 30 seconds later some correctional officers ran up and handcuffed Castro.

Castro was then taken to nearby Sutter Lakeside Hospital to be checked out, said Brown.

Brown, who frequently has to detain people in his line of work, was not injured in the struggle despite the fact that he not exactly dressed for the occasion – he was in a t-shirt, shorts and flip flops.

Brown said he didn't want to take anything away from the work of the correctional officers. “This is what the correctional staff do every day,” he said.

Sheriff's command staff did not return messages seeking comment left by Lake County News.

Late last year Brown also helped catch a drunk driver who he spotted while traveling to a wrestling match with Kelseyville High School wrestlers.

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