A Guilford County inmate who managed to slip out of her restraints and flee from a hospital room on Friday morning didn’t make it very far before getting caught.
According to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Victoria Marie Jones was receiving medical treatment at a local hospital when she escaped from custody at about 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19.
Jones had been transported to the hospital the previous day from the Greensboro Detention Center.
The Sheriff’s Office stated that inmates who receive medical treatment outside the detention center are accompanied by an armed Detention Services officer. Additional personnel can be assigned depending on factors such as the inmate’s criminal history, bond amount, charge classification or behavioral concerns.
According to the sheriff’s office, none of those factors applied in Jones’ case and she was being supervised by a single Detention Services officer.
The Sheriff’s Office stated that Jones was secured to a hospital bed with physical restraints when the officer briefly entered a restroom located inside the hospital room.
While the officer was in the restroom, Jones reportedly slipped out of the restraints, ran into the hallway, entered an elevator and made her way to the first floor of the hospital.
Her escape attempt was short-lived: A hospital security officer quickly apprehended Jones before she was able to leave the building. Jones had made it from her hospital room to the first floor of the hospital before being stopped by security.
She was charged with misdemeanor escape from a county or city confinement facility and returned to the Greensboro Detention Center. The new charge carries an $11,000 secured bond.
Jones was originally arrested by the Greensboro Police Department on May 10 and she had remained in custody under an $8,000 secured bond.
According to jail records, she was being held on two counts of felony robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony obtaining property by false pretenses, felony financial transaction card fraud, felony conspiracy and three counts of felony failure to appear on a felony charge.
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards Division has opened an internal investigation into the incident.
