Prison volunteer pleads guilty to helping killer escape
6:12 p.m. Thursday, June 1, 2006
Toby Young, 49
Leavenworth, Kan. — A 48-year-old woman pleads guilty to smuggling a convicted killer out of a Leavenworth County prison inside a dog crate.
Under an agreement with prosecutors, Toby Young pleaded guilty Thursday to two charges, aiding and abetting aggravated escape and introducing contraband, a cell phone, into the prison.
Young ran a program at the Lansing prison helping inmates train homeless dogs for adoption. She drove away February 12 with 27-year-old inmate John Manard, hidden in a dog crate inside her van.
Manard and Young were captured in Tennessee 12 days after the escape. They'd been staying at a remote cabin northeast of Chattanooga.
Prosecutor Frank Kohl said the agreement calls for Young to receive a sentence of 21 months in prison. The sentencing is set for July 12.
Young's guilty pleas came one day before she was scheduled for a preliminary hearing.
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