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Deputies Seek Teen-Age Honor Farm Escapee

A teen-ager who escaped from a minimum-security jail near Saugus was being sought Friday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.

Jonathan Porter, 18, escaped from the Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho between 7 and 10 p.m. Thursday, deputies said.

Deputies did not know how Porter, who was wearing a prison uniform, escaped from the jail facility on the Old Road near the Antelope Valley Freeway.

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Porter was arrested March 8 by Los Angeles police on a conspiracy warrant and was to be jailed until April 20, deputies said.

Other details were not available.

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