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| Inmate on the loose following release |
| By LEX 18 |
| Published: 06/30/2004 |
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One of the men suspected in a violent home invasion--who's facing a possible 45-year prison sentence if convicted--was on the loose Tuesday evening. But he didn't escape from jail. He was allowed to leave on a five-day pass...and didn't come back. When Teddy Hawkins walked out of the Fayette County (Ky.) Detention Center last Wednesday, he was a free man for five days--five unsupervised days. Tuesday marked day six...so where is he? One terrified family would like to know. "I'm in fear for my life--my family's life," Chris Manley told LEX 18 News. "We've had to stay in a hotel cause we're that scared." Manley is scared because Hawkins is one of the men accused of robbing Manley and his fiance during a violent home invasion at their house in April of last year. Manley wants to know why a judge would give a five-day unsupervised pass to someone who's accused of terrorizing his family--someone who has a history of breaking the law...and running from the law. The five-day pass came from Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine, who allowed Hawkins to be released from custody so he could attend his father's funeral in Detroit, Michigan. Hawkins was supposed to return to jail no later than noon on Monday, June 28th. On the same day Hawkins was to return back to jail he was in Lexington. How do we know? Court records show he was at Fayette District Court...getting married. LEX 18 News spoke to Judge Goodwine over the phone Tuesday. She says as a judge she tries to be compassionate to both sides. She says her mother was murdered and she went through the loss of her father with her siblings. But because of this case, she's changing her rules. Police say Manley and his fiance were random targets the night Hawkins and several other men allegedly broke into their home. Investigators say the group followed Manley home from work because he drove a nice car. |
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