The leader of the ‘Irish Mob’ copped a lengthy prison sentence Stateside last Thursday after being busted with illegal weapons and trying to attack witnesses in a dramatic court case.
By News Director Jared Atha
An Elk City man was charged March 26 after allegedly helping a prisoner escape from the Lexington Correctional Center in early March.
29-year-old Dillon Hill was charged in Cleveland County District Court after he allegedly drove Lexington inmate Matthew Perry from the facility.
Perry was taken into custody without incident on the evening of March 12 in Sayre by the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office, Sayre Police Department, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and agents of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Office of Inspector General.
According to a court affidavit, an Oklahoma Department of Corrections agent reported that Perry, who was an active member of the Irish Mob Gang, was indicted March 2 along with other gang members, and Hill assisted in his escape March 7. A Cleveland County District Judge issued a bench warrant with a $50,000 bond March 12 to the DOC after reviewing probable cause.