Inmate goes missing on work release in Berks County

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
CAERNARVON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- The hunt is on for a Berks County jail inmate who failed to return from a work release assignment.

Officials say Hector Ruben Ortiz Jr. left his place of employment at Morgan Corporation in Caernarvon Township with another employee on February 14th.
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Ortiz was dropped off at the Lancaster Avenue interchange of the West Shore Bypass in southwest Reading.

He was last seen wearing a navy Waste Management jacket and had a white hard hat.

If you have seen this man, contact police immediately.
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