By Heather Leigh
News4Jax
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — At least one inmate was hoping for a jail break from the Columbia County Detention Facility, but the elaborate escape plot was foiled by detention facility personnel.
According to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, mortar around a block inside a jail bathroom was being chipped away with homemade tools.
About an inch of mortar was gone, but CCSO spokesman Murray Smith said if no one had discovered the plan, the inmate or inmates would have most likely gotten through eventually. The hole would have led them to the roof, where only a fence and some security cameras would have stood in their way.
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