A woman who tried to help a Bulloch County Jail inmate escape on Christmas Day has been arrested, according to the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office. Investigators working with the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Task Force arrested Taziha Burnette, 22, of Jonesboro, in Clayton County on Thursday in connection with the attempted jailbreak by Tahjz Michael Irving, 23, of Laurel Park in Riverdale, Ga., Sheriff Lynn Anderson said in a news release issued Friday. Sheriff's investigators identified Burnette as the individual who cut into the fence around the jail and damaged a window in Irving's cell during the escape attempt, Anderson said.
2nd arrest made in jailbreak attempt


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