By Anthony Reynolds
L'Anse, MI – A preliminary examination has been scheduled for the woman authorities say played a key role in the escape of a prisoner from the Baraga Maximum Correctional Facility earlier this month. Investigators say 38-year-old corrections officer Jody Axely of Rockland allowed inmate Garfield Lawson III access to the prison loading dock, where food service worker Kathy Sleep hid him in a food cart and loaded it into a truck. Axely is charged with allowing a prisoner to escape--which carries a potential life sentence--and aiding a prisoner. A preliminary exam will be held August 30th in Baraga County District Court.