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Wednesday 11 May 2022
Sheriff: Alabama inmate, jailer were prepared for a shootout

By DYLAN LOVAN and JAY truck.
REEVES Investigators said they lo-
Associated Press cated the pickup, then
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A learned that the pair may
murder suspect and the jail- have switched to a Cadil-
er who helped him escape lac, which was then spot-
from an Alabama lockup ted outside a motel nearby.
were carrying $29,000 in When the couple left the
cash, four handguns and motel, police chased them
an AR-15 rifle and were down, authorities said.
prepared for a shootout Casey White told investiga-
when they were captured, tors after his capture that
an Indiana sheriff said Tues- "he was probably going
day.Authorities caught up to have a shootout at the
with the pair on Monday, stake of both of them losing
more than a week after the their lives," the sheriff said.
breakout and nearly 300 The inmate appeared by
miles away, and rammed video Tuesday in an Indi-
their car into a ditch after ana courtroom, where he
a brief chase. Escaped in- waived extradition, and
mate Casey White, 38, sur- authorities said he will be
rendered, while jail official sent back to Alabama.
Vicky White, 56, was found An attorney representing
with a gunshot wound to Vandenburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding holds up a photo of captured Alabama escapee White in the murder case,
Casey White during a press conference at the Vandenburgh County Sheriff's Office in Evansville,
the head and was pro- In., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Jamy Poss, declined to
nounced dead at a hospi- Associated Press comment.
tal, officials said. Vicky White, assistant di-
Authorities believe she shot The inmate and the long- awaiting trial on charges in the city of 120,000."They rector of corrections at the
herself, but a coroner will divorced Vicky White ap- of stabbing to a woman thought they'd driven long Lauderdale County jail,
make the determination, peared to have had a "jail- to death during a 2015 enough. They wanted to had put in for retirement
Vanderburgh County Sher- house romance," Alabama burglary. If convicted, he stop for a while, get their ahead of the escape, and
iff Dave Wedding said. authorities said last week. could get the death pen- bearings straight and then the day of the breakout,
The end of the manhunt left They were not related. alty. figure out the next place to April 29, was her last day
authorities trying to piece As for her role in the es- Investigators believe the travel," the sheriff said. of work. A woman who
together what happened cape, the sheriff said: "He pair spent about six days Authorities closed in on worked with her for 16 years
during the 11 days that was not forcing her. It was holed up at a motel in them after the manager of could barely speak through
elapsed after Vicky White a mutual relationship." Evansville. Authorities dis- a car wash reported that a tears Tuesday.
escorted Casey White from At the time of the breakout, covered wigs intended to man closely resembling the "I know she did wrong and
a Florence, Alabama, jail Casey White was serving a hide their identities. Wed- 6-foot-9, 260-pound Casey made a terrible mistake,
for what she falsely claimed 75-year prison sentence ding said investigators do White had been recorded but she's still your friend,"
was a mental health evalu- for attempted murder and not believe the two had by a surveillance camera longtime jail employee
ation. other offenses and was relatives or other contacts getting out of a pickup Sherry Sylvester said.q

New York appeals court dismisses AG suit against Amazon

Besides potentially expos- states. The court's ruling is a win for
ing workers to the virus at It also said the lawsuit's Amazon, which had sought
two Amazon facilities in efforts to require the re- to have the case thrown
New York City, the lawsuit tailer to comply with New out but its motion to dismiss
filed by James last year York's COVID-19 workplace was denied by a trial court
claimed that Amazon il- guidelines was dismissed as last year.
legally retaliated against moot because the restric- "Throughout the pandemic,
workers who spoke up tion in place at the time Amazon has failed to pro-
about poor safety condi- have since been lifted. vide a safe working envi-
tions in its warehouses. They The court also pointed to a ronment for New Yorkers,
include Chris Smalls, the separate NLRB case over putting their health and
fired Amazon worker who another fired employee, safety at risk," said Morgan
now heads the Amazon Gerald Bryson. It said that Rubin, a spokesperson for
Labor Union, and Derrick case involves "essentially the attorney general, in a
Palmer, the group's vice the same allegations of statement. "As our office re-
president of organizing. retaliation, and the possi- views the decision and our
New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during
the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, Thurs- The appellate court said in bility of inconsistent rulings options moving forward,
day, Feb. 17, 2022. its ruling Tuesday that fed- on the same issue poses an Attorney General James
Associated Press eral labor law preempted 'obvious and substantial' remains committed to pro-
state labor law, and the 'risk of interference'" with tecting Amazon workers,
By HALELUYA HADERO suit against Amazon over National Labor Relations the NLRB's jurisdiction. and all workers, from unfair
Associated Press its coronavirus safety proto- Board "should serve as the Palmer, who was given a treatment."
NEW YORK (AP) — An ap- cols and a former employ- forum" for disputes arising final written warning in the The Seattle-based online
peals court in New York dis- ee who led the successful from conduct that's pro- early days of the pandem- retailer did not immediate-
missed New York Attorney union organizing effort on tected or prohibited by ic, is still employed at Ama- ly respond to a request for
General Letitia James' law- Staten Island. federal labor law, not the zon. comment.q