PAROLEE AIRLIFTED OUT OF SPRING VALLEY CANYON

April 8, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) – Jack Messina, a parolee described by Sheriff’s officials as a “person of interest” in a 1995 cold-case killing in Texas was airlifted out of an East County canyon Friday.

Messina failed to report to his parole agent, according to a press release issued by the Sheriff. He was found in an intersection at Sweetwater Springs Blvd. and Jamacha Blvd. with a GPS tracking device running low on battery. Deputies found him “very drunk” with his foot in a soft cast on a trail muddy from the recent rain.

San Diego Sheriff’s ASTREA helicopter airlifted Messina out of the canyon and took him to Alvarado Hospital for medical evaluation. According to Patch.com, he was later taken into custody on a parole violation.
 

No details were immediately available on the Texas case.