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Dog trainer’s bond set at $100K

March 3, 2006

A woman charged with helping a convicted killer escape from prison was returned Thursday to Kansas, where she made her first appearance in court.

Toby Young, 48, was being held in the Leavenworth County Jail on $100,000 bond on felony charges of aiding and abetting aggravated escape and aiding a felon.

John Manard, 27, the inmate she is accused of helping to escape from the Lansing Correctional Facility, also returned to the prison by vehicle from Tennessee, where the couple was captured Feb. 24.

Young was brought to the jail late Wednesday after being escorted by officers who flew with her aboard a commercial airline from Tennessee, Leavenworth County sheriff's spokesman Leonard Ayres said. On Thursday morning she had a brief appearance before District Judge Frederick Stewart. She told Stewart she intended to hire her own attorney.

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Stewart ordered Young to return to court at 9 a.m. today with her attorney to set a preliminary hearing date. Her bond was set at $100,000 later in the afternoon.

Manard was returned to the prison about 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

He was driven back from Tennessee by Kansas Department of Corrections personnel, said Bill Miskell, spokesman for KDOC.

Miskell also said Manard would be placed in "administrative segregation," which means he'll be locked alone in a single cell for 23 hours a day. He will be allowed out of his cell one hour a day for exercise but will remain handcuffed and in the presence of at least one guard.

Debra Owens, spokeswoman for the Leavenworth County Attorney's Office, declined to say what charges Manard might face.

Manard was serving time for a 1996 murder in Johnson County.

Young operated the Safe Harbor Prison Dog program, in which Manard was a participant. KDOC and law enforcement investigators think Manard escaped by hiding in a dog crate in Young's van as she drove out of the prison.

The two were found Feb. 24 by U.S. Marshals in Chattanooga, Tenn. They were captured after a 40-mile high-speed chase. Authorities said the two had been staying in a remote cabin 90 miles north of Chattanooga.

- Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

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senegal66025 (anonymous) says…

I dont know why but I feel sorry for her. I think that she was "coned" by the con. I think that she has a good heart and got swept away by the Manard charm. I know I will get lashed about the head over this view. But I wish they would just put her in the "naughty" chair for five minutes and let her go back to her family. At least nobody was injured or killed. I figured Manard would kill her about 5 minutes after he got out so that shows how much I know.
March 3, 2006 at 7:52 a.m.
jimincountry (anonymous) says…

Yes, it's hard not to feel sorry for people like her. She's to be pitied but sure glad that she and her friend didn't kill somebody trying to get away. Wonder if the guns would have been used when the money ran out? She will have time to consider her lack of judgment in jail, I hope.
March 3, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.
bankboy119 (anonymous) says…

I don't feel sorry for her. Lock her up, throw away the key.
March 3, 2006 at 9:33 a.m.
dozer (anonymous) says…

Riiiiight Jannie, not a big deal that you helped a convicted killer escape from prison because you are a "tired" woman. Someone must have charmed you into writing that down.
March 3, 2006 at 10:04 a.m.
badger (anonymous) says…

I feel sorry for her.

Of course, sympathy doesn't change the laws she broke, or that she got someone out of prison who had killed someone as part of a theft, gave him a gun, and put him in a situation where ultimately the two of them were going to have to find some way to get more money to continue his 'vacation' from prison.

When the money ran out, how did she think they'd get more? Did she not process all the way through to, "We're probably going to have to rob someone or some place if we stay in the US, and this man has killed someone in the course of a robbery. Do I want to take the chance of putting him in that situation when the stakes also involve him going back to prison?"

I'm glad they were apprehended without anyone being harmed. I'm glad he's back in his own kennel, and I think that if she's convicted she should spend some good long contemplative time in prison as well.
March 3, 2006 at 10:54 a.m.
senegal66025 (anonymous) says…

No one said she didnt break the law. I am talking about a little compassion for the woman. It dont think she thought far enough ahead to decide what to do when the money ran out or what it would do to her family. I think she is basically a good person who got fouled up and made a big mistake. Now she will have to pay but I hope not with prision time.
March 3, 2006 at 11 a.m.
angelofmine (anonymous) says…

I also feel a bit sorry for her, but I feel even more pity for the Safe Harbor Program. Most likely there will be issues because of Toby Young's indiscretion and poor judgment. Yes, these guys are con artists. They're smooth. But she had training to prepare her for just that type of situation. She should have reported his advances immediately and thought of the consequences.
March 3, 2006 at 11:03 a.m.
Hong_Kong_Phooey (anonymous) says…

Senegal: There are plenty of people in prison who are "basically a good person who got fouled up and made a big mistake." That doesn't mean that she shouldn't do time for helping a convicted murderer escape from prison.

My question is...will they charge Manard or Young with the crime of adultery (yes, it is a crime in Kansas)?
March 3, 2006 at 11:20 a.m.
mike_blur (Mike Blur) says…

John Manard was a convicted murderer. How do you think the victims' family would feel about the "poor, tired woman" helping a convicted killer escape? Think that family has any sympathy for her?

She is a proven flight risk; she should be lucky that the bail is only $100K.

You know she's going to sell the book and movie rights to her story very soon; and she can appear on Oprah where millions of other women can sympathise with her "plight" while the cash registers go ka-ching across the land.

If there was any justice in the world, they'd lock her away for a very long time, primarily to dissuade any other "poor, tired" women from committing the same crime.
March 3, 2006 at 11:34 a.m.
wonderhorse (anonymous) says…

If I'm a poor, tired man, can I commit two felonies and get sympathy?
March 3, 2006 at 11:46 a.m.
bankboy119 (anonymous) says…

Only if involves you leaving your family to run away a woman who is a convict. Or I guess you could run away with another guy....
March 3, 2006 at 12:11 p.m.
dozer (anonymous) says…

Hong Kong - I also wondered if they would charge that, but you would have to prove they had sex in Kansas. Also, it is only a Class C Misdemeanor, so I'd put my money on them not charging that crime.
March 3, 2006 at 12:14 p.m.
yeah_right (anonymous) says…

TV movie written all over this one.

I don't feel sorry for her. She has children that she left to help a killer escape from jail. I can't sympathize with that.
March 3, 2006 at 1:48 p.m.
MerryPresent (anonymous) says…

Her kids are grown.

Maybe she was stressed out from doing too much.

I feel sorry for her. 48 is a crazy age for a woman. She needed a change in her life...well now she has it. I hope when she's out of jail, she takes it easy. I'm sure she loved the Safe Harbour Program, but she was probably doing most of the work, and she was maybe subconsciously getting sick of it.

I'm going to write her a letter and tell her that I'm in her corner. She will probably get lots of letters from women, like the one I'm about to send. I'd go visit her, if I could. I've never visited anyone in jail before. Is it a big deal? Do you have to get OKed and invited and approved? Or is it even allowed if you don't know the person?
March 3, 2006 at 1:56 p.m.
wonderhorse (anonymous) says…

Lots of us get stressed out. Lots of us look for a change in life. Most of us manage not to commit felonies while we adjust to our mid-life crises.
March 3, 2006 at 2:03 p.m.
oxandale (anonymous) says…

All i can say is we all must slep in the beds that we make. Some of us just make better beds than others
March 3, 2006 at 3:56 p.m.
BunE (anonymous) says…

Oh, I feel sorry for her, but she needs to be punished for her crimes, whatever they are. I bet shee serves 2 years at Topeka and is let out.
March 3, 2006 at 3:58 p.m.
wonderhorse (anonymous) says…

BunE

I'm not trying to be funny here--why do you feel sorry for her? She made a choice to commit felonies.
March 3, 2006 at 4:49 p.m.
ForThePeople (anonymous) says…

Oh yes, definately gonna capitalize on this one! I agree about the talk shows too. Perhaps within a year?

Proceeds from book/slash movie should go pay for the costs of "retrieving" them, and any left over to the Safe Harbor program.

I don't feel sorry for her, she made her choices, and was fully aware of the choices she made. Actions speak louder than words, and if she really loved her family and life, her actions would be indicative of that.

At some point in everyones life we are faced with difficult decisions, but one must always consider the consequences, not only for ourselves, but for those people we value in our lives.

Though I don't think we should lock her up and throw away the key, I do think, she should have a good amount of time to be self reflective, so when she is released, she will value her life and others more than her actions have proved she does at present.
March 3, 2006 at 5:07 p.m.