extensive rap sheet. meanwhile terry myer, a local private detective, just happens to be driving behind the bus when it stops at the light. they pulled out on the street right here into the second middle lane, and i was right behind them in a small convertible. that s where the two prisoners escaped. shellshocked from the spill, morrissey doesn t know where to go. she makes a halfhearted attempt to hide in front of the sheriff s station, realizes that s a bad idea, and wanders back past the jail slowly. myer leaves his car running in the middle of the street and pursues mary ann morrissey. i thought they were filming a movie somewhere. i looked all around. i was about to back up. i didn t want to spoil their scene. then i realized it was a real escape attempt. he catches up to morrissey down the block and cuffs her. within seconds of her escape, myer walks the defeated captive back to the courthouse. but nobody at the sheriff s office seems to notice their missing prisoners.
i couldn t believe what i was seeing. by holding onto the bottom of a moving bus. only a stunt person would be able to try something like this. july 11th, 2005. downtown columbus, ohio. the franklin county courthouse. dozens of dangerous prisoners a day are transported from the county jails to the courthouse and back in a reinforced sheriff s bus. the bus sits in a locked and gated secure sally port. it s monitored by surveillance cameras, and it s equipped with steal bars on the doors and windows. amy morris was a homicide detective with the columbus police department. i ve never heard of anybody escaping from the franklin county jail before. but that doesn t stop two inmates from trying. that day tracy mobley is charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft, possession of drugs, and receiving stolen property. mary ann morrissey, on the other hand, is charged with a few traffic violations.
they were surprised. i said, you guys want your prisoner back? and they looked at me like they didn t know what was going on. they didn t know there was an attempted escape. at the same time officer morris chases mobley across a busy street and corners her at the edge of the freeway where she s hiding in the bushes. i m not sure what she was trying to do because from this point on there s nowhere to go. it takes 15 minutes for sheriff s deputies to show up to reclaim their prisoner whose back is broken from the failed escape. for his efforts terry myer receives an award. while morris gets a thrill from the chase. i had been a homicide detective for about 15 years and i had not had to chase anybody for at least ten years. this was almost like being a young officer again. tracy mobley is sentenced to four years in prison for her audacious escape attempt and her original charges. mary ann morrissey gets three
mary ann morrissey gets three years probation for the escape attempt. tracy was trying to be escaped. i think mary just happened to be there shackled to the wrong person. coming up, prisoners on the run in the streets of denmark. we didn t expect anything to happen like this. when caught on camera: inmates and outlaws continues. does your dog food have? 30? 20? new purina one beyond has 9. the simplified purina one beyond. learn more about these wholesome ingredients at purinaone.com
property. mary ann morrissey, on the other hand, is charged with a few traffic violations. strangers shackled together by a pair of handcuffs. they re led to the bus in the loading area. when the line of prisoners was getting on the bus, tracy and mary were the last two prisoners of a long line of prisoners. and that s when they make their move. they were sitting fairly low to the ground. you have to be pretty small to be able to crawl under this bus and then maneuver yourself around so that you re hanging on that train. but watch closely. initially they were not last in line. mobley waits for the perfect moment to switch positions. tracy mobley was the ring leader in this. there was no doubt she was the one who came up with the idea because she had a felony hanging over her head. and mary morrissey was just here for misdemeanor traffic things for which she probably would have gotten a fine.