Toby Young temporarily freed

Toby Young, the prison volunteer who is accused of helping with the February escape of murderer John M. Manard from the Lansing Correctional Facility, bonded out of the Leavenworth County jail this morning.

Star story

Details:

• She has set up $100,000 bond through three bonding companies
• Services for her father, James A. Phalen, 70, who died Sunday, will be Friday in Kansas City KS. Star obituary.
• The prosecutor says he wants Toby Young to serve at least 32 months; guidelines are probation to 64 months.

Most of the old stories about the escape are here in the Prisons Administration category

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Comments

[Jason]

Sorry for her dad to have had to go through all this right before he died and it doesn't sound like Toby was there when he died.
What is the deal?
Before he died she couldn't raise the money and now she can?

[Champion of Justice]

Her father must have been proud.... He died and probably left some life insurance. Way to go daddy's girl. Use your father's life insurance for a good cause - getting your behind out of jail. You should have stayed there and left the $$ for your children.

[Jason]

Well she used a bailsbondsman (actually more than one), so she didn't put up the entire 100,000. I thought they take 10% though! So in that case she would lose that.

[Champion of Justice]

Too bad her parents didn't teach her the three C's for a housewife. Cooking, Cleaning and Caring for you husband.

[G]

I have no sympathy for Young. I do have tremendous sympathy for her parents. Her dad is just another victim of her life choice. By all accounts they were wonderful, loving parents. Wonder how one of her other victims, her Mom, is feeling right about now...staring down life without her husband and taking care of her jail bird daughter.

[OJ Simpson]

I wonder if she will get that riding crop back now?

[John Boy]

Who says crime doesnt pay? Now she can figure another way to help her little friend escape again....you know what they say....money talks and xxxx walks....

[lr]

I too am very sad for her Dad and her Mom. What a truly heartbreaking thing for her Dad to remember her by. What a letdown for that father. And I'm sure her Mom is so proud of her too.

[Jason]

Yo hatorade,
Who would you hit? Toby or her mom? What flavor hatorade are you?

[Dawn]

You people are unbelievably mean spritied.
A person just died. let it rest.
Toby will get her due.

[Juls]

Jason - you a pick up artist?

Maybe Toby should realize it took a death for her family to finally come up with the 20% to get her out of jail. Don't think her family is in full support of her actions.

[Jason]

Pick-up artist?
You mean like a pick-up game of basketball?

[Reminder - Please sign your comments]

I truely feel sad for the family of toby young they are and have gone thru so much but as far as her i hope she sees what awful damage she has done and she has to live with this all the days of her life maybe cancer will rear its ugly head and take her life as punishment

(Anonymous: In the future, please sign your comments. Thanks, Greg Reeves)

[John Boy]

That last comment by an unsigned person with out nerve to say who they are, is down right mean. She is a criminal, and should be treated as such, not released. Maybe they could put her in the general population, and tell the other inmates she is a child abuser....you know...honor among thieves ???

[Tina]

You people are very mean spirited and need Jesus. Judge not unless you want to be judged. You have not walked a mile in Tody's shoes. I also feel for her family because they must be hurting so badly. None of you have a clue what her father thought of her as he passed and for you to judge is just wrong! Try praying for her family & her and let God judge her.
May God be with you all!

[HomerSimpson]

I would tell Jesus to take the nails outta his hands because he's gettin' blood all over my carpet.

[Tina]

I will say a prayer for your soul, Homer Simpson, in the hope that you will see the truth.

[HomerSimpson]

I will hold a sayance for you and we can call it even.

[Geronimo]

C'mon Homer...be nice!

Tina -
In this particular matter God won't be in the forefront judging Toby, it will be the courts.

Although we all know she's guilty, technically she is still innocent since she's not yet been convicted so if she can find a way to bond out of jail to attend her father's funeral more power to her. Yea she let her family down. Tell me something I don't already know. If she had the means to bond out and she didn't we'd all be calling her heartless for not saying goodbye and paying respects to her father. It is sad he passed away with all this heartache but he was her father and it was obvious as he pleaded with her on the news that he was a decent man who still loved his daughter albeit no matter how dumb she was!

Once the funeral's over she can surrender her bond and let her family have the money back.

[jb]

I agree we should not judge, thats Gods job.
But we can comment. What some fail to remember is that let alone the suffering of her parents she has a faithful husband and children that have gone through a very terrible time because she wanted to galavant around the countryside with a criminal. I have heard the opinion that she will get off easy and I think she probably will. At the expense of her family. They will suffer for this for a long long time to come. Was it worth it Toby?

[G]

Tina, will you say a prayer for my soul too? I fear that I cannot enter the kingdom of heaven unless Jesus receives a tacit vote of confidence from "Tina", KC Crime Blogger.

[Ron]

this comment is for all the negative responses that i've read so far..i guess you people thrive on making somebodies name mud and the press and media can go to HELL aswell as the people that write these terrible thing about somebody they only herd of on the news,well she'll get over this and be with the one she loves,that you negative will disagree (GOD BLESS YOU) TOBY!!!!!!!!!!

[Ron]

this comment is for all the negative responses that i've read so far..i guess you people thrive on making somebodies name mud and the press and media can go to HELL aswell as the people that write these terrible thing about somebody they only herd of on the news,well she'll get over this and be with the one she loves,that you negative will disagree (GOD BLESS YOU) TOBY!!!!!!!!!!

[G]

This comment is for all the people who double post poorly written grammatical disasters that include words in capital letters: God Bless You!

[linda]

this is for ron. I agree. people should not put toby down so much, especially when they don't know her.god bless her and her family

[linda]

so stupid to comment on spelling..you MENTAL GIANT!!!

[G]

Linda, if you paid attention, you'd notice I commented on GRAMMAR, not spelling. God Bless You!!!!

[Olivia]

Talking about taking your Dad to an early grave!!!!...Toby,..you broke his heart and shortened his time,...May he now rest in Peace,....however try & love your mom & the rest of your "Immediate Family"

[Robert]

There are folks out there who have committed much worse crimes against society than Ms. Young and are walking 'free' on bail as they are not yet convicted. That's the way our justice system works, and if you don't agree with it, run for some kind of office and see about changing it. Good luck, and we'll see you at the polls.

Personally, I have no problem with her being out on bail. She will receive a fair trial and some sort of consequence for her action in due time.

I still wish I knew if the $250.00 that I donated to Safe Harbor somehow went toward this crime. No one ever really answered that question for me.

[Jason]

Robert,
Lets get back to reality. Who has comitted an offense worse than Toby and is out walking around?
She didn't steal the Safe Harbor money so you can rest easy.
Otherwise I agree with what you said.

Where is my juls at?
Oh hummingbird!

[Hollie]

Jason-The 3 C's of a housewife?! Are you kidding? That's probably why she did it in the first place. I feel bad for her family but we sould not make negative comments about someone you do not know.

[Hollie]

Sorry jason! I meant that for Champion of Justice!!!!!!

[Vibiana]

Psst ... Champ! Shouldn't that be the three Ks -- as in Kinder, Kuche, Kirche? At least, that's how Hitler put it. :-|

[Joe]

Her father died of cancer for all you know-it-alls out there. She did not drive him to his grave. It doesn't change matters for the family, I feel sad for all of them. She did a very stupid, selfish act to bust that murderer out. For all you self-rightious folks out there. Let he who has no sin cast the first stone.

[G]

Why should you not make negative comments about someone you don't know, Hollie? That is such a ridiculous sentiment. The human animal is capable of forming rational opinions about matters based upon the facts presented. It's naive and impractical to suggest that those opinions cannot take on a negative tone.

Ugh, no more posts with "who are we to judge?" or any other similarly vapid sentiment.

[Juls]

Reading the obit it seems that Toby suffered the loss of a daughter (Emily). Anyone know any details, I never heard a thing about it. She did make a horrible decision to put help break Bozo out. Somehow I think she was a woman that listened to her heart instead of her common sense. Been there, done that. If the courts felt she was any kind of threat to society she would have never been given a bond. I admire her family because they did not run and bail her out just because she did not want to be there; they did it so she could attend her Father's funeral. Thanks for some of the post - I missed bible study this week but you made up for it.

[Jason]

Damn Hollie I am sorry.
By the way what did I do!

[Jason]

Juls I agree with you!
And u still rock!

[Joyce Covey]

I am so sad for Toby Young's family.I remember her father on tv asking her to come back.I am puzzled as I never hear about her husband and children,they are in my prayers. Joyce

[Juls]

Robert - did you get your tax deduction for your donation? I don't know Toby. She made a bad decision but somehow I bet your $250 helped the dogs out just like you intended. Toby was a desperate housewife that needed some TLC and Bozo (I forgot his name) took that to his advantage. His feelings very well could have been real but he made those feelings self serving. So we sit back and play arm chair Dr. Laura.

[Pam]

I went to school with Toby and she was a very sweet, kind girl. I'm sure she still is. Her heart might of been in the right place, who knows, but common sense should have taken over. She made a stupid mistake and now must take responsibility for it.

She is going to be suffering even more now with the death of her dad. She must go through the rest of her life knowing she wasn't there to say goodbye or to be there for him through his final days because of her mistake.

The courts will hand the legal stuff but she must handle the personal stuff on her own.

[Steve]

Emily was actually her niece, not her daughter. She only has the two sons.

I've known Toby for several years. She is extremely kind-hearted, but she occassionally gets bored with whatever it is she is doing. I'm still not sure what to make of it.

She will beat herself up for many years for putting her parents, siblings, and especially her sons through this. She is very fortunate that Manard didn't harm anyone during those two weeks, or her prison time would be for the rest of her lfie. She will get what she deserves (from a legal standpoint) and live with guilt for everything else.

[The Happy Hater]

Pretty sad that she could only bail out for her fathers funeral. I really feel for her husband, but they should keep her bailed out for the sake of her kids. She is going to do 3 well earned years and she should take this free time to get her affairs in order.

[G]

Very interesting to hear from people who have known Toby, and knew her before this whole thing started.

Pam and Steve, any inkling that she was capable of doing something like this? Steve you mentioned that she sometimes got bored with what she was doing, what did you mean by that?

I just find it hard to believe that she was a completely sane and rational person her entire life....and then just one day up and decided to do something so stupid.

[Steve]

I completely understand G's perspective, because there is no rational way to explain it for those of us that have known her.

I have been reluctant to participate in this forum because it is many people that don't know her but want to judge her. But I understand their perspective, and the fact is, she put many people in danger with her actions. It's very difficult to forgive and forget that.

She is a very intelligent, hard-working, kind-hearted individual. She is a person that was totally into animals. She got paid little or nothing for the dog program, and she knew it was going to be that way forever. But I have no clue how she allowed Manard to get in her head that this was a better deal than what she had. It totally goes against her logic.

I can understand if people can't be sympathetic for her, and I know how easy it is to see someone on the news that committed a horrible crime and assume that they are all about committing crimes and trying to get away with something. She really isn't that way.

[Pam]

When we had a booklet published for one of our reunions, it mentioned that she had 2 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter, deceased. Don't know any details though.

[pam]

3 children, 2 sons 1 daughter deceased. Sorry about the typo

[Vibiana]

My best friend was a nurse in prisons for a while, and I work with a clergyman who worked in ministry in the Federal prison system for many years. Prisoners have a lot of time on their hands to dream up schemes like this one. Sounds like Toby needed more training in professional distance.

[Juls]

I believe it was her daughter because it did not list of her sisters marrying a "Young". And the obit listed preceded in death - grandaughter Emily Young. As I said before I don't know Toby but I am a woman and understand how she could have been pulled in by this Manard guy. Honestly speaking he probably did really care for her but put his needs before hers. He wanted out of prison and what dream world was he in to think they would not come looking for them. The whole cell phone charge is a joke. They are just trying to charge her with every small thing they can so the KS DOC does not look like they are incapable of maintaining order in their prisons. I do feel she should have to do some time for what she did; but in no way do I think she did it to become the Bonnie & Clyde 2006 or will she set out to harm anyone. She is a woman and got caught up in the "honeymoon" of a new relationship and lost her judgement. I don't think one person could look back on a past relationship and think what the heck was I thinking. Her mistake just made the headlines.

[Joe]

Good pint Vib, you can't just throw someone in to the mix with these kind of felons, doing life, with nothing else to do except think of ways to munipulate people. I personnaly don't understand why these prisoners should get any kind of programs. Rehabilitate my a$$. They're murderers, rapist, chid molesters, etc. Make them do their time, with no extra cariculars.

[Robert]

Jason:

Ya know, I don't associate with criminals as a rule, so I don't have any specific names of folks of whom I know that are out walking around...I would just say that as a general rule, the criminal justice system has a habit of letting folks out on BAIL (not just out of jail as a free person) if they are not a flight risk and they don't pose harm to themselves or others. What she did was bad, no doubt...allowing a convicted murderer to once again roam the countryside is not putting her in line for the Nobel Peace Prize, but still, there are worse crimes out there.

Just a quick Google news search of the string "out on bail" brings up some of the following:

Pete Doherty - Out on bail for suspicion of drug possession

Daniel Grant - State trooper who is accused of planting drugs on a woman and then raped her out on bail

Susan McDade - A home health care worker who was charged raping her disabled, 17 year old client out on bail

Rodney Muray - Former fire chief accused of felony stalking his former girlfriend. His bail was reduced from 1.5 million to 200,000. The article doesn't say whether or not he is actually out on bail, but my guess is that he is.

Mark Sanchez - USC Quarterback, accused of sexually assaulting a female student out on bail

Anyway, you get the point. Are these crimes worse than Ms. Young's? I honestly cannot say...I think that the argument can be made that they are, but who I am to judge. Sexual assault, especially, is a pretty serious crime.

[Juls]

Vib - your friend probably told you there is a high turn over rate for Prison nurses because so many of them fall in love with an offender or get caught delivering "care packages". You are so right that the prisoners have time on their hands to dream up schemes - there are alot of receivers of welfare that have time to dream up schemes - not only limited to prisoners. If people wanted to work then we would not be hearing the argument "we do jobs lazy americans dont want". My credit card number was stolen this week and used to make $2,000 of online purchases before the bank company decided it was fraud. Somehow I don't think that was a prisoner; must have been a "free" person on the internet getting my card number.

[david]

sorry ,that i dont understand why they call john manard a killer? he did not kill anybody........

[Pam]

He is called a killer because he was committing a crime against a guy and the guy ended up dead. If he wasn't involved, he wouldn't be in jail would he? Maybe he didn't actually do the killing but he is somewhat responsible just because of his involvement. A guy is dead, he is a killer.

[pam]

Besides that, I bet if you were a member of the dead guys family, they would consider manard a killer. I doubt that man was asking for his car to be jacked. Manard was doing a stupid thing, an innocent guy ended up dead because of it, ask his wife or mom if manard is a killer. Guess what their answer would probably be.

[david]

this is for pam,your right nicely said, just want to let you know that felony murder law came from england and they stop that law in 1957. please look at brandon hein case from california and tell me if that is fair. please let me know what you think,bye

[pam]

If Brandon Hein was not involved with the stabbing and was just a bystander, he was obviously unjustly convicted. Not the case with maynard. He was as much a part of the car jacking as the other guy that did the shooting. That is the difference.

[david]

Gotcha,thanks for pam

[greetingsfromkc]

John Maynard is considered a killer, as is correctly described above, because he was actively part of a carjacking where the victim was killed by the other person involved in the carjacking.

How ironic it would have been had John Maynard shot back at the police while they were being chased by the police in the pickup and killed one of them... or if a police car involved in the chase flipped and an officer was killed.

Fortunately the guns Toby provided were at the cabin at the time, and no officer was injured. But what if the police had staged a raid on the cabin, and Maynard had grabbed a gun, started shooting to "protect" himself and his lover, and killed a police officer?

Then Toby would be guilty of murder in the same way that Maynard was. She would have been highly responsible, since she busted the guy out and supplied the gun used in the killing-- even if she was hiding under a bed at the time of the shooting.

[david]

yes again you got me. thank god that did not happend.

[david]

to you all. wrong. we know jonhn . he is not charles manson. dont treat him like that. he was 17 . dont forget it.

[pam]

Being 17 isn't an excuse for breaking the law. At 17 you still know what you are doing. At 17 is car jacking right? At 17 is being associated with trash who carry guns to break laws right? I don't think so. Poor john. He was only 17 so excuse him for being STUPID. Maybe he wasn't a psychopath like Charles Manson. No one is accusing him of that. He made a stupid mistake and must pay for it even though he was only 17.

[linda]

a mind of a kid thats 17 is different then a man of 25. and yes i agree they should be punished, 10 years in that awfull prison.okay let him out in 5 years, because he was such a good boy in that awfull prison.and yes he is still a boy. people dont grow up in there.let him out for good behavior, doesnt that count.so add 18months for this mistake. but thanks for this escape we know that there are children in prisons,with to much time.we have to face it, there are worse in with less time.

[linda]

greg reeves, why in youre intervieuw you put manard like he belongs in prison.a short intervieuw like that means not so. please give me some respect at write the truth. he manard is human, a kid being in the wrong place.he served his time.youre wrong to say to crosby he is in the right prison. how do you know talkin to him so short. i know him he is a good person.please write something good about him