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Timberly Smith, 27 of Duncannon, escaped the Cumberland County Prison during a release for two hours to renew her Pennsylvania ID card at the Carlisle PennDOT Driver License Center located at 950 Walnut Bottom Road on Saturday, according to the county's sheriff's office.
Smith had been taken a plea deal for her third felony for driving under the influence of drugs on Jan. 4, 2024, but after two days into her one-year stay at the Perry County Prison, the case was reassessed and she was granted probation. She swiftly violated that which led her to be returned to confinement — this time in the Cumberland County Prison beginning on March 1, 2024, court records show. She disappeared on March 9, according to the sheriff — less than 8 whole days after her sentence began.
The Perry County native still turned herself in and had her preliminary arraignment for her felon escape charge before Magisterial District Judge Mark Martin on Thursday, March 14, her latest court docket shows. Her bail for the escape charge was set at $60,000 and she remains in the Cumberland County Prison. Her preliminary hearing is set before Judge David J. Rogers at 10:45 a.m. on March 27.
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