Man Convicted of Fatal Attack in Orange County Jail

Man Convicted of Fatal Attack in Orange County Jail

A 24-year-old man was convicted Thursday of stomping a fellow inmate to death in Orange County Jail. Irving Josue Morales, 24, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Feb. 5, 2025, attack that killed 38-year-old Juan Vasquez Pulido at the Intake Release Center at 550 N. Flower St. in Santa Ana. Morales is scheduled to be sentenced May 21. Pulido was in custody on drug-related charges when he was attacked in a cell with a handful of other inm…