Authorities have filed new charges against an Alabama corrections officer who is believed to have fled with a murder suspect last month.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office on Monday said that Vicky White, the officer, has been charged with forgery and identity theft, stemming from her purchase of a 2007 Ford Escape that was allegedly used in the escape. Deputies told News19 that she used an alias to purchase the vehicle.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton told Monday that “if she was using her own identity, that would make it fairly easy for us to maybe find her,” adding, “We do know she used a false identification to purchase a car here locally.”
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