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Jail escapee faces indictment |
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Written by Voice Staff Report
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Friday, 30 April 2010 |
The amputee who escaped from custody of the McCreary County Jail last month was indicted this week along with an accomplice.
The amputee who escaped from custody of the McCreary County Jail last month was indicted this week along with an accomplice.
Jason Perry, of Parkers Lake, made a midnight rendezvous from the jail on March 18, remaining on the loose for 14-hours before being recaptured. Due to his condition, and overcrowding at the facility, Perry was housed in the low-security section of the jail instead of in general population. He asked guards for leg bandages, which momentarily distracted them, in order for him to escape through the front door of the housing unit and into a car waiting for him outside.
The following afternoon, a tip led officers to Perry’s mother’s home off Highway 90 where he surrendered without incident. Perry was returned to jail, where he remains behind bars.
This week, Perry was indicted on one count of second-degree escape and being a persistent felony offender. Those charges come on top of charges of receiving stolen property, obscuring the identity of a machine and non-payment of fines, which landed him in jail prior to his escape.
In addition, Perry’s mother, Mossie Goins, was indicted along with Perry. The indictment claims she assisted Perry in the escape. The indictment charges her with one count of complicity to second-degree escape.
Perry was named in a second indictment that charges him with criminal possession of a forged instrument in relation to a February 19 incident where he allegedly altered a prescription to obtain a large quantity of Lorcet tablets.
Other indictments
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• Roger Norfleet, of Whitley City, is facing charges of first-degree robbery and first-degree wanton endangerment after he allegedly used a firearm to rob Wanda Koger on March 20.
• Christopher L. Davenport, of Pine Knot, was named this week in an indictment that charges him with 8 counts including first-degree fleeing or evading police, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, second-degree fleeing or evading police, third-degree criminal mischief, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest and being a persistent felony offender.
The Voice would like to remind our readers that an indictment is not an indication of one’s guilt or innocence, but merely represents that enough evidence exists in a case to pursue the matter further in a court of law.
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