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| Escapee given prison time |
| By Teresa Lee, The Wellington News |
| Published: 01/29/2010 |
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Escapee given prison time Wellington, Kan. —An inmate who escaped from the Sumner County Jail and spent days on the run has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for his escape. Jared M. Sanchez, 30, escaped from the Sumner County Jail at 6:26 p.m., Aug.7th, 2009 after he was brought in for a parole violation from Louisiana. Sanchez was apprehended without incident at a home near 63rd and Rock Road in Derby on Aug. 10. At the time of the escape, Sanchez was in the booking room secured to a bench with shackles, Sumner County Undersheriff Jerry Osborn said. According to the undersheriff, the detention officer in the room left to go to the sallyport, and during that time Sanchez was able to free himself from the bench, following the detention officer out into the sallyport. It was there, Osborn says, Sanchez struck the detention officer, taking him by surprise and knocking him to the ground. Sanchez then lifted the sallyport door about a foot or so to slide under it and escape, Osborn said. The day after the escape, officers received a tip reporting the inmate had been staying at a residence in town, Osborn said. While responding to the tip, Sanchez left the residence going south. Tracking him by GPS signals on this cell phone, officers pinned Sanchez down — seeing him moving south on US 177 near Hunnewell. Around that time, Oklahoma authorities were notified of Sanchez and his escape the day before. The Kay County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol set up in the Braman, Okla., area to find Sanchez and did — pursing him southbound on I-35 into Blackwell. After moving in several directions, Sanchez turned onto a country road and started shooting at the Kay County deputies in pursuit of him. After crossing a bridge, Sanchez crashed his vehicle and fled on foot, eluding law enforcement officials for a second time. The manhunt continued Monday for Sanchez as law enforcement officials continued to search in Oklahoma. Cell phone signals were used again to trace Sanchez to the home in Derby. Sanchez stood before Judge Scott McQuin Thursday morning, with Defense Attorney Michael Brown. The Louisiana man pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated escape from custody on Dec. 17, 2009, waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. McQuin explained the standard sentence is 14 months of presumptive probation, though a special rule application can allow the court to place the inmate under a prison sentence if the inmate escaped while incarcerated for a felony. Sumner County District Attorney Evan Watson said the court should sentence Sanchez to the standard 14-month sentence, to run consecutive to the time he is already serving for his original charges. Brown agreed with the sentencing suggested. McQuin, after trying to clarify Watson’s request, called a short recess. Upon returning from the recess, Sanchez got time to speak to the court. “I would just like to formally apologize to Sumner County...and ask that y’all consider the possibility of parole,” Sanchez said. The inmate went on to say he came to Wellington to take care of his father, who is “in poor health,” and that before the escape, he was a productive member of society, working at Cornejo & Sons and helping to construct Kellogg Road in Wichita. Sanchez says the whole event is a “misunderstanding.” “My parole was supposed to be transferred through an interstate contract but they said they never got in touch with Kansas parole. If you put me on probation, it would be easier to merge the two paroles,” Sanchez told McQuin. The judge denied the request for probation from Watson, Brown and Sanchez, requiring 14 months in the custody of the Department of Corrections with the possibility of 20 percent good time reduction. Read More. |
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