Netflix documentary, Jailbreak: Love On The Run
-------------------------------- The town of Florence, Alabama, is in Lauderdale County.
One county over is Limestone County.
Mike Blakely is a former sheriff of Limestone County. He speaks in the documentary:
"First time I met Casey, he was in his late teens or early 20s - he off and on had girlfriends, first time he was in my jail it was for shootin' at his girlfriend... Oh my God, I'll never forget that night.
Dispatch called, told me we'd had a home invasion - Casey shot at his girlfriend, he then went next door to the neighbors, sticks a gun in his face, tells him he needs his car keys. Which he politely provided to Casey.
Apparently Casey had pulled in to the rest area, Saturday mornin' to switch cars, a man and his wife were backin' out, and Casey tried to get 'em to stop, they didn't stop, so he shoots through the back window of the car - shot the lady in the shoulder.
At the service station, there was another guy there, Casey stuck a gun in his face, said I need your car.
Victim starts hollerin' at Casey, says Hey, man, leave me my cell phone!
Well, Casey backs up - gives the guy his cell phone, then goes, gets on the Interstate, one of my deputies spotted him, Casey with a stolen vehicle, and was givin' chase.
Then - he wrecked.
[subtitles from body-cam]
- Put the gun down.
- I want the sheriff.
- Just put the gun down.
- I want the sheriff.
- The sheriff will be here in a minute, okay?
-Sheriff's here now, man.
Sheriff just pulled up.
[Blakely] - When I got there, he's got two guns, one he's stickin' to each side of his head. I'm like Casey, put them dang guns down, and he's like, Mike call Mama, tell her I love her!
And I'm like, Oh Casey, ain't nobody gonna die here tonight.
Finally, he agrees, if I'll get him a Sun Drop he'll put the guns down.
Sun Drop is a soda pop that's native to north Alabama.
So - I gave it to him, he put the guns down. And then I put him in my vehicle, and I carried him to the jail.
Ya know, he got a 75 year sentence outta all that mess."
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