Two From Wabash Face Charges After Attempted Escape From Work Release
Staff Report
WARSAW — Two people from Wabash face criminal charges after one of them left the county’s work release center without permission.
Samantha Marie Jackson, 31, 64 Sherman St., Wabash, is charged with escape, a level 5 felony; resisting law enforcement, a level 6 felony; and driving while suspended prior, a class A misdemeanor.
Michael Lee Greenfield, 38, 64 Sherman St., Wabash, is charged with aiding, inducing, or causing escape, a level 5 felony.
On April 2, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy was alerted by the county’s work release center about an inmate leaving the facility.
According to court documents, work release staff reported that Jackson had left the building without permission and could not be located by staff. Through further investigation, officers learned that Greenfield was possibly traveling to the Warsaw area from Wabash to get Jackson.
The deputy found the type of vehicle Greenfield was reportedly driving in the area of Fisher Avenue and Ranch Road. The suspect vehicle’s driver made two turns without signaling and the deputy attempted to pull the vehicle over.
The vehicle finally stopped in the area of CR 350S and SR 15, at which point its occupants attempted to flee on foot.
Greenfield exited from the vehicle’s passenger side and obeyed all commands; he was taken into custody. Jackson exited from the driver’s side and attempted to climb over a fence. While attempting to climb over the fence, Jackson was taken into custody.
Officers later discovered that Jackson has a driver’s status of suspended prior. At the time of this case, Jackson was serving a sentence for a methamphetamine possession case, with a conviction date of March 21. In the case, Jackson was sentenced to one year in the county’s work release program.
Jackson was previously convicted of driving while suspended in Wabash County in June 2021.
Jackson and Greenfield are both currently incarcerated in the Kosciusko County Jail.