By Melanie Torre
KLTV
SMITH COUNTY, Texas — Monday morning, the Smith County inmate who escaped from jail earlier this year pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Bowers’ sentence was a part of a plea agreement offered by The State. In court, Adam Bowers, 34, waived his right to indictment by a grand jury on the charges related to his escape.
In May, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office said Bowers escaped from the Central Jail rooftop. Sheriff Larry Smith said other inmates in the recreation yard intentionally blocked the view of the yard detention officer. Smith said Bowers unraveled the wire on the recreation yard fence and slipped through a hole. Bowers then stripped off his jail uniform and ran across the roof. He then climbed down scaffolding that is in place as part of the jail construction project.
The recreation yard officer observed Bowers run across the roof and immediately announced the escape on the jail radio system, which Smith said was acquired primarily for such incidents.
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