SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County jail inmate attempted to escape from the Central Men’s Jail in Santa Ana on Jan. 28, but quick-thinking deputies foiled the plan, authorities said.
The inmate was dressed in civilian clothes in what’s called a “control area” of the jail, where visitors enter and exit, at about 6 a.m. or 7 a.m. Tuesday, said Carrie Braun, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
