She ordered her subordinates to prepare Casey White, 38, for transport from the county jail in Florence to a courthouse for a mental evaluation. But no such evaluation was scheduled.
“All of her co-workers are devastated. She was a model employee,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said. “What in the world possessed her to pull a stunt like this? The only conclusion I guess we can come to at this point is just a jailhouse romance.”
They ditched the sheriff’s cruiser minutes from the jail
After nearly two decades with the department, Vicky White didn’t spend her last day on the job eating cake and hugging her coworkers to celebrate her retirement. Instead, she was on the run with a criminal who was already serving 75 years in prison for attempted murder and awaiting trial on a separate murder charge.
Shortly after the pair escaped, authorities began to uncover a laundry list of evasions and fabrications.
Transporting an incarcerated person alone was against protocol. So Vicky White told a booking officer she was the only deputy available with a certified firearm to transport Casey White. Her coworkers didn’t question her because of her position as second-in-command at the jail. It was also a plausible explanation — several deputies had left minutes earlier with two vans transporting a dozen inmates, Singleton said.
That was likely part of the plan.
“She scheduled the van transport that morning, made sure all the other armed deputies were out of the building and tied up in court … knew the booking officer wouldn’t question her when she told her she was going to take him to court and drop him off with other employees,” Singleton said.
Just 10 minutes after leaving the jail, the pair ditched the sheriff’s cruiser — with Vicky White’s jail keys, radio and handcuffs still inside — at a shopping center parking lot in Florence.
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