Inmate Captured After Escape From JeffCo Prisoner Van

LAKEWOOD, CO – A Jefferson County inmate was taken into custody Thursday after she escaped Wednesday morning from a JeffCo prisoner transportation van, the JeffCo Sheriff's Office said.

Leigha Bowie, 33, was back on the JeffCo Sheriff's online inmate roster Thursday. Spokeswoman Jennifer Fulton confirmed that Bowie had been taken into custody.

Bowie was accidentally dropped off at the wrong location. She was among a group of female inmates being driven in a JeffCo prison van to Denver. Due to a mixup, Bowie was accidentally released at a female work facility in Lakewood around 7:40 a.m., Wednesday the sheriff's office said. She fled the facility.

Bowie was originally booked into the Jefferson County jail on Oct. 22 on charges of assault, criminal trespass, menacing, theft and a failure-to-appear warrant, court records say.

She was then released on those charges, but is now charged with several driving offenses, as well as escape. She's being held on $5,000 bond.

This year, Jeffco Sheriff's department has had a number of escaped inmates, including Marcos Arredondo, 17, who scaled a fence at a youth detention facility; Ryan Morgan, 40, who slipped away from a treatment provider visit; Sean Hanneman, who got loose from the Golden police holding area, and had a history of two previous escapes from Arapahoe County, and Manuel Andrew Martinez, 17, who jumped from a prisoner van in Lakewood and remained at-large for five days.

Image via Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

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