An inmate tried to escape the St. Mary Parish Jail over the weekend.

41-year-old Anthony Jones, of Patterson, La. was arrested Saturday for attempted escape and criminal damage to property-simple.

According to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Blaise Smith, a corrections deputy observed Jones cause damage to a light fixture in his cell.

He was placed in another room and subsequently attempted to escape from that room but it was not successful. 

Jones was booked on charges of criminal damage to property and attempted escape.

“Because of the quick response of jail personnel and patrol deputies, the attempt was stopped almost immediately,” said Sheriff Smith.

Smith said Jones has been incarcerated at the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center since September 20, 2018, on the charge of 1st-degree robbery in reference to a robbery that occurred on August 31, 2018, at a business in Bayou Vista.