Mother charged with aiding West Virginia escaped inmate
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A woman has been charged with helping her son after he escaped from a West Virginia jail.
Media outlets report 62-year-old Robin Helton was arraigned Monday in Kanawha (Kuh-NAW) County Magistrate Court.
According to a criminal complaint, West Virginia State Police said Todd Wayne Boyes called Helton after his escape Wednesday from the South Central Regional Jail.
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The complaint accuses her of driving him to Texas and giving him $2,000. She allegedly told troopers later that "I'd do it again because he's my son."
A statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Boyes was apprehended early Sunday in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and handed over by Mexican immigration officers at a bridge leading into Laredo, Texas.
Helton was held on $50,000 bond. South Central Regional Jail records didn't indicate whether she has an attorney.