Officer Charged In Escape Attempt
Investigators: Corrections Officer Hatched Elaborate Plan With Inmate
POSTED: Thursday, July 2, 2009
UPDATED: 8:03 am EDT July 3,
2009
  Angel Santiago and Michelle Hung. |
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A corrections officer has been charged with helping an inmate escape, deputies said. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office has charged corrections officer Michelle Hung with 13 felonies for her involvement with Angel Santiago's attempted escape from the Osceola County Jail on June 22.Detectives said Hung and Santiago had developed an elaborate plan for Santiago's escape.Hung was charged with filing a false police report after detectives showed her evidence, which contradicted her statements about the escape attempt, the sheriff's office said.In addition, Hung was charged as principal to all of the felonies Santiago was charged with, including kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated assault, attempted escape, two counts of introducing contraband into a detention facility, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, impersonating an officer and resisting with violence.Hung is also charged with two counts each of depriving an officer of means of protection and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.
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