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| Escapee's Mom Charged With Smuggling Tool |
| By Dallas Morning News |
| Published: 03/28/2002 |
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The mother of a Texas prison escapee faces an additional charge stemming from a foiled attempt to break her son out of an Oklahoma jail, officials said Tuesday. Cherese Smith was charged Tuesday in Carter County with smuggling a hacksaw blade into the jail where her son, convicted killer Joshua Bagwell, was being held, police said. She was initially arraigned on conspiracy and firearms charges in Jefferson County stemming from the same incident. Bail for all three charges has been set at $700,000. Mr. Bagwell, convicted killer Curtis Gambill, and murder suspects Charles William Jordan and Chrystal Gale Soto escaped from the Montague County Jail in January and led police on a 10-day manhunt before being captured at an Ardmore, Okla., convenience store in Carter County. Three weeks later, Ms. Smith was charged with plotting to help Mr. Bagwell and Mr. Gambill break out again. The initial charges were filed against her in neighboring Jefferson County, where she was arrested. The most recent charge was filed by officials in Carter County, where the escape was to take place. Mr. Bagwell and Mr. Gambill were serving life sentences for the 1996 shotgun slaying of 16-year-old Waurika, Okla., cheerleader Heather Rose Rich when they escaped from the Montague County Jail. They have been returned to Texas prisons in Huntsville and Gatesville. At the time of the escape, Mr. Jordan and his girlfriend, Ms. Soto, were being held in connection with the slaying of an elderly Bowie couple late last year. Mr. Jordan has since been indicted on a capital murder charge in their deaths; Ms. Soto has been indicted on lesser charges of theft and evidence destruction, an official said. They continued to be held in the Carter County Jail. Mr. Jordan's case has been transferred to Tarrant County, where he faces trial in November. |
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