Based on an investigation by the MNPD’s Major Case Task Force that spanned more than a week, detectives tonight arrested former Nashville Juvenile Detention Center supervisor Patrick Jones, 31, on a charge of facilitating, through recklessness, the November 30th escape of four teens, including two accused murderers.
Three of the four teens, Decorrius Wright, 16, Morris Marsh, 17, and Calvin Howse, 15, have been recaptured. Accused armed robber Brandon Caruthers, 17, remains at large.
The investigation shows that Jones, who was employed by contractor Youth Opportunity Investments, allowed these specific teens to leave their housing pod to perform cleaning duties in a multi-purpose room after the 9 p.m. bedtime/lockdown hour. Three of the four teens were not even eligible to participate on a work detail due to low behavioral scores. The investigation also showed that Jones did not have the facility’s control center secure an elevator after he got off of it. The teens used the elevator to escape. He also failed to recognize that the four were unsupervised when he exited the elevator and passed them while responding to a call for assistance in another part of the building.
BREAKING: Former Juvenile Detention Center employee Alexis Beech, 25, surrendered a short time ago on an arrest warrant charging her with facilitating, by recklessness, the 11/30 escape of 4 teens. Her bond is set at $10k. Investigation by the MNPD's Major Case Task Force. pic.twitter.com/usHL7jdSyG
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) December 12, 2019
RAW: Surveillance Video Shows 4 Teens, 2 Accused of Murder, Escape Nashville Jail
