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Sentencing set for woman accused of helping escaped inmate

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A January sentencing has been scheduled for an Omaha woman accused of helping an escaped inmate who fled to Omaha.

Court records say 51-year-old Wanda Minor pleaded no contest last week in Douglas County District Court to a charge of being an accessory to the escape. Her sentencing is set for Jan. 23.

The judge has sealed an arrest affidavit that contains information about what she is alleged to have done.

Inmates Timothy Clausen and Armon Dixon escaped the Lincoln Correctional Center on June 10 by hiding in a laundry truck. Authorities have said the two ripped a hole in the truck's roof, climbed out and jumped off for a brief span of freedom. Dixon was caught the next day. Clausen was captured at an Omaha apartment on June 15.

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