Woman accused of helping convicted murderer in escape faces judge
>> FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN
DURHAM, JULIAN GRACE, WRAL
NEWS.
>> NEW TODAY THE WOMAN CHARGED
WITH HELPING A CONVICTED
MURDERER ESCAPE CUSTODY
APPEARED IN COURT.
>> INVESTIGATORS SAY CHRIS
CONNECTED WITH RAMON ALSTON
WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON.
AUTHORITIES RECAPTURED ALL
STAYING AT A HOTEL IN
KANNAPOLIS. THAT'S ABOUT 30
MILES NORTH OF CHARLOTTE.
HE WAS BEING HELD IN BERTIE
COUNTY, BUT HE ESCAPED AFTER HE
WAS TAKEN TO HILLSBOROUGH FOR
MEDICAL CARE. WE ARE IS NOT THE
CASE. HE WAS IN THE ORANGE
COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR THE
CHRISTMAS FIRST APPEARANCE AND
SHE JOINS US LIVE. MONICA, THIS
WAS A QUICK HEARING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS HEARING
TOOK LESS THAN 5 MINUTES
JACOBY. A CRIST WAS ASSIGNED A
PUBLIC DEFENDER AND SHE HAS
BEEN OUT ON BOND. RAMONE
ALSTON, THE MAN SHE'S ACCUSED
OF HELPING ESCAPE IS NOW IN A
HIGH SECURITY MAXIMUM CONTROL
CELL AT GRANVILLE CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION, STATE OFFICIALS
SAY THAT IS THE MOST SECURE
UNIT IN THE ENTIRE STATE PRISON
SYSTEM.
>> ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES LINED THE WALLS OF THE
COURTROOM DURING JACOBY CRISP'S
FIRST APPEARANCE GETTING A
GLIMPSE OF THE WOMAN CHARGED
WITH HELPING RAMONE ALSTON
ESCAPE CUSTODY ON AUGUST.
13TH SETTING OFF A 72 HOUR.
MANHUNT. CHRIS WAS THERE WITH
HER GRANDFATHER. WE ASKED BOTH
ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH
ALSTON, WHO YOU TALK WITH US
ABOUT HOW YOU MET MISTER OLSON.
SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO SAY
ANYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT. CHRIS
GRANDFATHER SAYS HER ATTORNEY
ADVISED HER NOT TO COMMENT IN A
PRESS CONFERENCE FRIDAY, ORANGE
COUNTY SHERIFF CHARLES
BLACKWOOD DID NOT GO INTO DEBT
BUT SHARED THIS ABOUT HOW THE
2 ARE LINKED. SHE'S NOT IN THE
DETENTION CENTER. HE IS.
>> SO WE KNOW IT WAS THROUGH
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF SOME
SORT. BUT HOW DETAILED THAT WAS
OR WHETHER THAT WAS
SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A
FRIENDSHIP. I CAN ANSWER THAT
NOW.
>> AS FOR ALSTON DURING HIS
YEARS IN PRISON, HE RACKED UP
16 INFRACTIONS. MANY INVOLVE
POSSESSION OF AN AUDIO VIDEO
DEVICE. HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
CRIST ONLY GOES BACK SEVERAL
MONTHS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
>> THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS BY
PHONE. MOSTLY AND IT WAS
DEVELOPED AFTER HE BECAME
INCARCERATED IN OR ALAMANCE
COUNTY MUGSHOT. CRISP IS
WEARING WALGREENS SCRUBS AND IS
DESCRIBED AS A PHARMACY
TECHNICIAN. TODAY THE JUDGE
CITED HER UNEMPLOYMENT AS A
REASON TO ASSIGN OR A PUBLIC
DEFENDER AND WALGREENS
CONFIRMED TO ME, CHRIS, NO
LONGER WORKS. THERE.
>> CRIST'S NEXT COURT DATE IS
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH, HER
CHARGE OF AIDING AND ABETTING
A FUGITIVE CARRIES A MAXIMUM
OF 39 MONTHS IN JAIL. AND HER
CHARGE OF HARBORING A FUGITIVE
CARRIES A MAXIMUM OF 24 MONTHS