Saline County Teens Plead Guilty To Escape
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Four teenagers who escaped from a Saline County juvenile lockup have pleaded guilty to theft of property and
escape.
The teens -- 17-year-olds Tony Brooks and Ozzie Brown of Pulaski
County, Christopher Brickey of Hot Springs and 15-year-old Justin
Ewell of Little Rock were sentenced to adult prison terms. But
Ewell won`t go to jail until he`s 16.
Authorities said the teens lured a guard into their cell at the
Alexander Youth Services Center in Bryant. Officials say they
locked him in the cell, stole another worker`s car keys and used it
to ram through the center`s gate.
Saline County Circuit Judge Gary Arnold sentenced Brooks and
Brown to six years each in prison. Ewell and Brickey were each
sentenced to six years, three suspended. Their trial was set to
begin Wednesday.
