Marshals caught up to the duo after 11 days on the run, resulting in Casey White's capture and Vicky White's death.The Times-Union reviewed five years of Baker County records, finding six visitors and three officers who have been charged for offenses related to the smuggling or attempted smuggling of contraband into the prison. marshals rammed the Cadillac in which she and capital murder suspect Casey Cole White tried to escape into a ditch.Īuthorities say Vicky White sold her house at a loss, filed her retirement and faked a mental health evaluation to get Casey White out of the jail April 29 and took off. U.S. Lauderdale County Assistant Director of Corrections Vicky White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound May 9 in Evansville, Indiana, when U.S. "This type of event occurs on occasion just as we have just seen play out in another Alabama county." "Jones’ month-long employment with the sheriff’s office did a lot of damage to the integrity of the position of corrections officer and the facility as a whole,: Wade said. The others arrested were family members or significant others of inmates.
"In today's world, it is easier than ever to electronically transfer money," the sheriff said. Wade said jail staff received information that led to the investigation. He was one of six people charged, Wade said, after he developed a conspiracy to bring drugs into the county jail in exchange for money. Pierre Bernard Jones was charged with second-degree promoting prison contraband and conspiracy to commit a controlled substance crime.
It was the sixth arrest of corrections officer, he said, in his six years as sheriff, related to contraband in the jail. On May 10, Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade announced the arrest of a jailer who'd been on the job for a month, stemming from investigation into a contraband conspiracy. The plea agreement noted the prosecution would not oppose probation. On May 10, a former Etowah County corrections officer pleaded guilty to custodial sexual misconduct in a 2017 case.Īnthony Ryan Bowen, 45, received a three-year split sentence he will serve 12 months, followed by supervised probation.
The culmination of the Lauderdale County inmate escape was not the only news involving former county corrections officers accused of overstepping the boundaries of their jobs.
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