Escaped Inmate’s Girlfriend Arrested

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) _ The girlfriend of a Southeast Texas jail fugitive has been arrested and charged with facilitating his escape.

Latoya Marsha Wright of Livingston is booked into the Walker County Jail in Huntsville with bond set at $1 million. Jail records don’t list an attorney for her.

Chief Deputy Sheriff Butch Davis says she’s accused of providing the getaway car in which boyfriend Trent De’Ray Archie could flee after his break Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the search continues for Archie, whom deputies say overpowered a guard and escaped Tuesday while awaiting retrial for an overturned murder conviction.

Davis said the search has expanded to Harris County, about 50 miles to the south. He also said Archie is believed to be armed and  dangerous.

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