A woman accused of helping two Miller County jail inmates when they escaped through a hole in the roof in February appeared before a federal magistrate judge Monday.

Kawanda Johnson, 20, was indicted by federal authorities in the Eastern District of Texas on June 3. She is accused of giving law enforcement a false statement and of hiding Jason Thompson and Charley Langston after their escape from the Miller County jail Feb. 19.

Federal officials had released Johnson from custody while her case moved through the court process. However, she was arrested last week for fail...

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