Identity switch results in escape from jail

? A Texas woman escaped from the Carter County Detention Center after assuming the identity of another female inmate, authorities said.

Karen Neveling, jailed Wednesday on a series of charges including false personation and counterfeiting, was released when bond was posted for Misty Dawn Johnson by an Ardmore bail bond agency early Thursday, Sheriff Harvey Burkhart said.

Neveling, Johnson and possibly others apparently were involved in the identify switch, Burkhart said. Neveling had Johnson’s personal effects when she left the jail with Rick Feiler, owner of the bond company.

When Feiler arrived, Johnson’s name was called in a cell block but it was Neveling who appeared. Feiler had bonded Johnson before but did not realize the woman was not who he had bonded previously.

Burkhart said the detention center system also failed.

“When the information was put into the computer a photo of Johnson should have appeared, allowing employees to do an actual visual comparison. The photo did not come up on the screen,” Burkhart said.

Feiler drove Neveling in search of her vehicle when jailers discovered the switch. Burkhart said officials called Feiler and he was returning her to jail when Neveling jumped from his truck and disappeared, Feiler told authorities.

Neveling’s husband, Daryl, was arrested with his wife for possession of counterfeit $100 bills and equipment used to manufacture fake money. He remains in custody.