Jail escape costs woman two years
One minute of freedom will cost a Murfreesboro woman two years behind bars after she bolted from Warren County Jail last year.
The defendant, Kim Lynette Brinkley, 41, entered a guilty plea recently to the charge of felony escape. She was sentenced to two years behind bars on the charge, which was only a fraction of the penalties she faces. In addition to the escape count, she entered a guilty plea to the charge of attempt to manufacture meth and was given a four-year sentence. Both sentences will run consecutively for a total six-year sentence.
It was the meth charge which landed Brinkley in jail originally. She was pulled over last September at which time police reportedly found components to a meth lab in her vehicle.
She was arrested and released on bond following that arrest; however, she failed to appear in court to face the charges. The failure to appear led to her second arrest. It was during booking for the second arrest she dashed out the backdoor of the jail when it was opened by another jailer. She was caught less than a minute later following a short foot pursuit which ended before she was able to leave the jail grounds.
Due to the fact Brinkley was technically in custody on a felony charge, the escape was prosecuted as a felony escape which carries a longer term than if she had been in custody on a misdemeanor count. Misdemeanor escape carries a maximum 11-month, 29-day jail sentence.
In addition to her jail time, Brinkley must pay a $2,000 drug fine on the meth count.