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Michigan nurse charged with helping immigrant flee ICE custody
Freeman admitted she let the detainee leave after a CT scan, and security footage showed him exiting the hospital in less than three minutes.
On Tuesday, court documents unsealed in Michigan revealed that nurse Chloe Renae Freeman was charged with helping an unnamed Mexican national escape federal custody at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital.
The unnamed citizen injured himself during a May 28 escape attempt from ICE agents, prompting his transport to the hospital where Freeman worked for a medical evaluation and CT scan.
Security footage showed the man leaving through ambulance bay doors less than three minutes after Freeman retrieved him from the scan room, according to FBI Special Agent Michael Wagner.
Freeman, who no longer works at the hospital, appeared in federal court in Detroit on Tuesday, where her lawyer Matthew Borgula indicated she plans to plead not guilty.
While the immigrant remains at large, Freeman admitted she "willfully" helped him because she disagreed with ICE separating families, according to Wagner's complaint.