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| Former Nevada Prison Employee Gets Probation |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/03/2006 |
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A former Nevada prison employee accused of helping in the escape of an inmate - who was profiled on "America's Most Wanted" television show during his three months on the run - was placed on five years' probation last week. District Judge Mike Griffin granted the probation to Ana Kastner, 41, telling her to seek treatment for drug and alcohol problems and meet other probation terms or face up to three years in prison for providing a cell phone to inmate Jody Thompson. Thompson used the phone to coordinate his escape last August in a furniture delivery truck. He was captured in late November in Las Vegas after an alleged crime spree that included robbing stores and holding an elderly couple hostage for three hours during a police manhunt. Kastner was working as a dental assistant at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City at the time of Thompson's escape. In an agreement with prosecutors, she pleaded guilty to being an accessory in the escape. Griffin lectured Kastner at her sentencing, noting she had been nabbed for using drugs while out on bail following her arrest for her role in the escape. She has spent more than four months in jail since the escape. "If you think it's going to be party-on time from now on, you're sadly mistaken," the judge told Kastner. Thompson, 25, had been serving 10 to 50 years for robbery, use of a deadly weapon and grand larceny in Clark and Nye counties. He now faces trial in Clark County on multiple felonies, including burglary, robbery, grand theft and possession of stolen property. Kaisa Haynes, 38, of Las Vegas, faces trial Aug. 22 for her role in Thompson's escape. She's accused of renting a car that brought Thompson from northern Nevada to southern Nevada after he jumped out of the furniture truck in which he was hiding. Prosecutors said Haynes turned the car over to Keith Barney and Daniel McLeroy, who picked up Thompson. Barney, 33, has been sentenced to up to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in the escape, while McLeroy, 31, faces trial in September. |
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