Woman accused of helping her brother escape custody in Orange County appears in court
And right now at 530 we are learning more about
a woman accused of helping her brother a convicted murderer
escape custody leading law enforcement on a three day manhunt
Monique Brady made her first appearance in court this afternoon
charged with aiding and abetting a fugitive and harboring an
escapee
What we know we you know now that she's a
former teacher and cheerleading coach in Orange County
Thank you for joining us
I'm Dan Haggerty and I'm Lena Tole Wrl Sean Gallagher
is joining us live now outside the Orange County courthouse
where she faced a judge today Sean this may not
be the last person facing charges in connection to this
escape
Yeah that's right
Lena
I spoke with the sheriff here before the hearing and
he told me there may be more arrests to come
related to this incident which really leaves a lot of
open ended questions about who's involved and how this all
went down
It took three days for law enforcement to capture Ramon
Austin
And today we saw one of the people accused of
helping him his sister Monique Brady was silent going into
court today and while sitting through the reading of the
charges against her aiding and abetting a felon and harboring
a fugitive which carries a maximum of just over five
years if she's found guilty
Do you have anything that you'd like to say Leaving
the courtroom Brady barely spoke uttering something as the elevator
doors closed
When leaving the elevator the woman with Brady said this
we know the truth
And for Brady what has the media gotten wrong about
your brother That woman covering her mouth not letting her
speak
Not to go into that
There was more silence from law enforcement on the matter
as well
Sheriff Charles Blackwood not providing any information for our questions
about how Brady was arrested her role in helping Alston
escape or her relationship to Jacobia Crisp
The other woman charged in this case folks I know
you want details and I understand that we want details
too to say that we had enough to take these
people into custody is absolute
Um What comes next We'll all have to wait for
it and Sheriff Blackwood has had a lot of time
to reflect on this situation in the last week or
so since this all happened
He says there's a lot to learn including what they
should do with protocols around transportation especially when it's dealing
with inmates health
He says that there needs to be better options rather
than taking somebody clear across the state because when something
like this happens it puts everybody's safety in jeopardy
That's the prisoner the officers involved and of course the
community as well
Sean Gallagher Wral News Hillsboro