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Woman Doesn’t Get Far After Escaping From Escambia (AL) Jail
July 25, 2018
A woman only made it less than 100 yards away in an escape Monday night from the Escambia County (AL) Detention Center in Brewton .
Meagan Brooke Dantzler, age 26 of Atmore, escaped about 7 p.m. from the women’s minimum security barracks.
Escambia County Chief Deputy Mike Lambert said Dantzler ran past a corrections officer as the officer entered the facility. He said she was wearing thermal underwear with food stuffed her her bra.
“It appeared she had been planning this,” Lambert said.
Her escape came at the jail’s shift change time, meaning that a larger than normal number of corrections officer were at the jail at the time of the escape. The Brewton Police Department and Escambia County (AL) Sheriff’s deputies formed a perimeter around the facility, and a K-9 team from the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore tracked Dantzler. She was found in a wooded area near the jail.
Dantzler was being held on burglary and theft charges. She will face an additional escape charge.
“She was captured due to the great cooperative effort of the Brewton Police Department and other law enforcement,” Lambert said.
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9 Responses to “Woman Doesn’t Get Far After Escaping From Escambia (AL) Jail”
Wow. I’m just seeing this. I mean wow it was worth a shot Megan but obviously not that good. I hope you get your life together. I hope you fix yourself before it’s too late. WOW.
I wonder what kind of food one stuffs in a bra for an escape attempt.
An attempt was made…
I remember Megan when she was a hostess at a local nightclub/billiard hall.
She seems like a nice young lady; who simply went a little too far down the yellow brick road.
I hope that you recover your life Megan and put these troubles behind you.
It the officers fault she got by. Doors should have been locked and inmate should not have been in the area around the door for the officers to come and go.
amazing escape, 100yards, what was she thinking. wish her the best and hope she gets her stuff together before it is too late.
She might have been planning it for some time but she missed something. Back to the drawing board.
As Fred Sanford would say” you big dummy “. Now off to a medium security prison.
LoL