The Associated Press
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.- A woman accused of helping a convicted murderer escape from prison in a dog crate had smuggled him a cell phone that he used to help plan his breakout, prosecutors said Friday.
Toby Young, 48, of Kansas City, Kan., is already charged with aiding an escape and harboring a felon.
Prosecutors added a new charge of introducing contraband into a prison.
Young ran the Safe Harbor Prison Dog Program, where inmates trained dogs to be pets. John Manard, 27, serving life for a 1996 murder, was one of the trainers.
Lansing Correctional Facility officials say Manard escaped Feb. 12 after being placed in a dog crate and loaded into a Safe Harbor van that Young drove through the prison gates.
Investigators Manard had used the cell phone to arrange for a pickup truck and a place to stay. The pair were captured Feb. 24 in East Tennessee.