A Rochester man has been sentenced to 15 months for his role in a daring jail escape.
Eddie R. Palmer, 37, was convicted of aiding escape and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to time served, approximately 15 months.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer M. Noto, Palmer and fellow escapee Joseph Mitchell, who received a 25-year prison sentence for his role in the escape and drug trafficking conspiracy, made their break from the Monroe County Jail on March 31, 2011.
Palmer served as a lookout, warning if guards were approaching while Mitchell sawed the bars on windows inside the jail. The defendant also helped Mitchell break the outside jail window through which the two ultimately escaped.
The pair was then picked up by Lakesia Binion and transported to an area near Sodus, N.Y. where Mathias Smith helped them hide. They were apprehended approximately a week later on April 8, 2011, inside a camping trailer located on a residential property.
Binion was sentenced to three years of supervised release for her role in the escape, while Smith received a sentence of two years probation.
The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian R. Crowell, New York Field Division, officers of the Rochester Police Department, under the direction of Chief James Sheppard, the U.S. Marshals Service, under the direction of Marshal Charles Salina and investigators of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn.
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