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LOVER HELPS INMATE ESCAPE LANDING HIM ON U.S. MARSHALS
15 MOST WANTED FUGITIVE LIST
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 Jody
Kenneth Thompson is a man who mastered a prison break fueled by love and a
free ride. On the morning of August 25, 2005, Thompson and others who were
serving their sentences at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC)
were assigned to load furniture onto a delivery truck going to the Lovelock
Correctional Center. At approximately 8:30 a.m. the delivery truck departed
NNCC. However, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Thompson was unaccounted for and
believed to have escaped on the truck.
Ironically he escaped with the assistance of
Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) employee and love interest Ana
Kastner. Kastner allegedly smuggled a cell phone into the prison and gave it
to Thompson on or about August 13, two weeks prior to his escape. Their
romantic relationship and her involvement were discovered during the
investigation into Thompson’s escape. She was arrested on August 27.
Thompson, 25, was serving 12 consecutive
sentences of 30 to 150 months each for charges of kidnapping, robbery with a
deadly weapon, and burglary. On September 2, he picked up his old habits
while on the run when he allegedly committed an armed robbery of a bar
outside of Las Vegas, NV, where he managed to escape with more than $18,000.
On that same day, authorities were hot on
Thompson’s trail, and located him at a residence in Las Vegas. While
preparing to arrest him, a vehicle with a lone female driver exited the
targeted residence. Law enforcement officers pulled over the vehicle only
blocks away from the residence in an attempt to interview the driver
regarding her knowledge and association with the fugitive. After pulling
over and stopping, the female driver exited the vehicle and approached the
police patrol car. At the same time, a male appeared in the driver’s seat of
the vehicle and drove off, leading authorities on a high-speed chase.
Thompson eventually crashed the vehicle, but
led authorities on a foot pursuit. While on foot, he committed an armed home
invasion and stole a car, which resulted in another high-speed chase. He
crashed this car as well, but managed to again evade capture. Thompson has
not been seen since.
Further investigation reveals that he
allegedly committed another armed robbery in the Las Vegas area since his
escape, where he netted more than $27,000.
Thompson, also known as Kenneth Jody
Thompson, is a white male born on September 9, 1980. He is six feet tall and
weighs approximately 180 pounds. He has hazel eyes and blonde hair. He has a
tattoo of an eagle on his back, and “CJ” on one shoulder and possibly a
tattoo that has been altered on one ankle. Thompson is validated by the NDOC
and the Nye County, Nevada Sheriff’s Department as a white supremacist and a
member of the Peckerwoods prison gang, which is known to support the Aryan
Nations prison gang.
Thompson is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact their nearest U.S. Marshals
Service office, or call the Marshals’ 24 hour phone line at 1-800-336-0102.
U.S. Marshals are the nation’s primary
fugitive hunting organization and capture more federal fugitives each year
than all other national law enforcement agencies combined. Four of the
individuals on their 15 MOST WANTED list have been apprehended in recent
months.
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