Texas Jail Escapee’s Wife Sentenced To Prison
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(February 1, 2008)--An inmate's wife must serve eight years in federal prison for slipping a gun to him after he broke out of the Hood County Jail.

Tiffany Michelle Johnston was sentenced Friday by a judge in Fort Worth.

She admitted to aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm.

Jason Lee Johnston in October was convicted of attempted murder of a federal officer, assault of a federal officer using a deadly weapon and use of a firearm to commit crimes of violence.

Prosecutors say Johnston fled jail last July while awaiting his transfer to the Texas prison system to serve a 30-year term for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The inmate, who shot at a law officer after his escape, was later caught in Granbury.

Johnston faces a maximum life prison term when he's sentenced Feb. 15.

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Posted by: empty pockets Location: centex on Feb 1, 2008 at 08:32 PM
She should have gotten at least ten years mandatory with no early parole.

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