PANAMA CITY — Seven arrests have been made in the case of a suspect who managed to escape police custody while handcuffed in the back of a squad car.
Ryan William Farmer, 27, managed to snake his 160-pound body through a crack in the Panama City Police Department’s patrol car window on Saturday and appears to have met up with people in Springfield before he was arrested. Police had said at the time that he got out by “manipulating his body through a cracked rear window.”
He was picked up without incident on Monday night in the residential part of Springfield — and so were those who helped him. Charges were filed against three people who aided Farmer’s escape and gave false information during a felony investigation and one additional person who only gave false information.
At the scene, Panama City Police Department Maj. Mark Aviles said a “pile of arrests” were made and their names were released Tuesday afternoon.
The arrests include:
-Patrick Jolly, 23, charged with aiding escape
-Steven Watson, 18, charged with aiding escape and false information during a felony investigation.
-Allyson Hall, 44, charged with aiding escape and false information during a felony investigation
-Justin Lanier, 24, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia
-Bobby Lanier, 26, charged with violation of probation and false information during a felony investigation
-William White, 35, arrested on an outstanding warrant for burglary
-Seth Thompson, 18, charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia
More charges may come, PCPD said in a news release.