Testimony presented in court about an attempted escape at the Marion County Jail several months ago revealed that if the mission had been successful, then 40 inmates could have made it out.
That number of inmates running around would have posed a significant danger to the community, stretched law enforcement resources thin and threatened surrounding areas, according to additional statements made in court.
Joshua Blue Douglas Haynes, one of three people accused of either being involved in or knowing about the daring venture, told Circuit Judge Gary Sanders that he wasn t thinking clearly at the time of the July incident.
Haynes, speaking via video link from the Marion County Jail at his sentence hearing on Tuesday, told the judge that law enforcement and State Attorney s Office officials were giving him too much credit for his role in the unsuccessful escape.