| 2 Charged, Released After Helping Fugitive |
| (Lexington) - Two people that authorities
say help prison escapee John Griffin were released from the
Lexington County Detention Center on personal recognizance
today. Officials say 20-year-old Sabrina Bailey and 17-year-old Joe Blackmon of Victor Road in Lexington were charged with harboring a fugitive. Bailey and Blackmon were arrested early Saturday morning at a mobile home in the county. Sunday morning, a Lexington County judge gave them a $25,000 bond and they were released. Authorities say the two helped 20-year-old John Griffin hide from the police after he escaped from Ridgeland Correctional Institution in Jasper County more than a week ago. SLED and Lexington County deputies found Griffin Saturday morning and he is currently being held at Broad River Correctional Institution. |