From Kim Minugh:
Sacramento police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old woman in connection with a shooting outside the Sacramento County Main Jail last month that authorities say likely was part of an escape plan by some inmates.
Jackie Phoulivanh was booked into the jail on suspicion of firing into an inhabited dwelling, conspiracy, using a firearm while committing a felony, aiding and abetting, destroying a jail facility and participating in a gang, according to booking records.
Police spokesman Officer Konrad Von Schoech said Phoulivanh's arrest stemmed from an Aug. 16 incident in which shots were fired at the jail windows from a car driving past the I Street facility.
The bullets did not penetrate the glass, and no one was injured in the shooting.
Inside the jail, authorities found evidence suggesting that inmates might have been planning to escape through the broken glass, had the windows actually been broken, said Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran.
The Sacramento police and sheriff's departments each began their own investigations, with police detectives investigating the shooting and sheriff's detectives looking at the alleged escape plan hatched within the facility, which is run by the sheriff's department.
Curran said at least three inmates are believed to have been part of the plan. They remain in custody on unrelated charges, and face additional charges in connection with the attempted escape once the investigation is complete, Curran said.
Von Schoech said the police department's investigation also is ongoing and declined to say whether there are other suspects in the shooting.
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