One genius, many idiots
An inmate in a San Antonio jail escaped early yesterday morning. I know what you’re asking: How did he do it? Did he dig a tunnel through the night so as to come out on the outside? No. Did he incite a riot and escape during the melee? No. Did he just walk out the door? No, of course not…wait. Yes, that is exactly what he did. David Sauceda impersonated another inmate who made bail and simply walked out of the jail. He was gone for six hours before anyone even noticed they made a mistake.
The man who escaped, David Sauceda, 27, walked out of jail early Sunday morning when he gave the name, address, Social Security number, birth date and system ID number of his cellmate, Michael Garcia, according to the sheriff’s department.
Hmmm. So the only way to identify current inmates is by relying on them to supply personal information. Might it be better to actually know who each person is while they are in jail? Nah. That’s just a waste of time. Here’s Bexar County Sheriff Roland Tafolla on the incident:
Tafolla said the department will review its jail release procedures to figure out what went wrong. “We made an error,” he said.
I’m pretty sure we know what went wrong. You let the wrong person out of jail because you don’t know who is who. But maybe it’s ok. Maybe this guy that escaped really isn’t that bad of a guy anyway.
Sauceda and his brother, Jesse Sauceda, were charged in the November 2006 killing of a San Antonio man, and with robbing a 59-year-old woman after binding her with duct tape.
Oops.