Sunday, May 31, 2015

Kentucky police shipped mentally ill inmate to Florida by Greyhound bus — then charged him with escape

Defying a court order to take a mentally ill inmate to a state hospital for observation, a Kentucky police chief bought a one-way ticket to Florida for the man, sending him on a 28-hour bus ride, only to have the state extradite him back by saying he escaped.
According to investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, Carrollton Police Chief Michael Willhoite spent $18 of his own money to rid himself of 31-year-old Adam Horine, instead of following a judge’s order to send him to Eastern State Hospital in Lexington for a thorough psychiatric assessment.
read more here:http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/kentucky-police-shipped-mentally-ill-inmate-to-florida-by-greyhound-bus-then-charged-him-with-escape/

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