Search underway for escaped inmate in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Deputies are looking for an inmate who escaped the main jail Thursday. Deputies say William Yvon, 25, was discovered missing from an outside inmate crew.

Yvon, serving time at the medium security facility, was working in the kitchen at the jail. He’s part of a group that’s not locked down. But once he’s found, deputies say he’ll face an escape charge and likely be put in jail.

Yvon is known to frequent San Lorenzo Park, Downtown Santa Cruz and Coral Street areas. He was serving a sentence for drug and theft charges.

Deputies ask you to call 911 if you see him.