28 April 2023
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (WDAF) — A Leavenworth jail employee is recovering after being injured when a suspect allegedly tried to escape custody.
Sarah Cape, 33, of Lansing, Kansas, was arrested on suspicion of drug charges at a Leavenworth County motel last month.
According to court documents, jail employees were moving Cape from the Leavenworth County Justice Center when she allegedly tried to escape.
A jail employee ran after her and fell. As the officer fell, she hit her hand on a trashcan, injuring herself. Other officers took Cape into custody before she got out of the building.
Cape entered no-contest pleas to drug charges and to trying to escape from custody.