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| Sheriff's Deputies Apprehend Jail Escapee |
| By NBC4.TV |
| Published: 03/28/2005 |
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An inmate who escaped from an Orange County, Calif. jail was apprehended Monday on a local bus after the driver alerted police, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. Emillio Lopez, 23, was spotted by a jogger near the James Musick Facility in Irvine at 6:50 a.m., scaling a 12-foot, barbed wire fence, said sheriff's department spokesman Jim Amormino. With a search team in "quick pursuit" of Lopez, the inmate managed to shed his jail clothes and put on "regular civilian clothes" as he ran several blocks through residential back yards, Amormino said. Lopez then stopped at a bus station at Lake Forest Drive and Trabuco Road, where a stranger gave him fare for the westbound bus on Lake Forest. The bus driver noticed that Lopez fit the escaped inmate's description, which the sheriff's department had sent to the Orange County Transportation Authority and cab drivers shortly after the escape. Sheriff's deputies were called and they pulled Lopez off the bus at about 8:45 a.m. near Lake Forest and Overlake drives, Amormino said. Lopez had changed into a black shirt and pants from his prison-issued light blue clothing. Amormino said Lopez had several cuts on his hand, possibly from scaling the fence. Lopez had been in jail for burglary and numerous other charges, including assault and battery, and he now faces a possible felony escape charge, Amormino said. Amormino added the escape "may have been a pre-planned event," as evidenced by the change of clothes. |
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