movie. i couldn t believe what i was seeing. by holding on to 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 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 only a few
mary ann morrissey, on the other hand, is charged with a few traffic violations. strangers shackled together by a pair of handcuffs. mobley and morrissey are led toward 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. because it s 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 frame. 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
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 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. if a denture were to be
tracy mobley immediately got up and then took off running southbound. morris asks a court officer to call for help and runs after mobley, the one with an 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
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.