Wednesday, 17 January 2007 11:55

Manhunt in Downtown Jackson

slide3Two people, the subject of an intense manhunt this afternoon in downtown Jackson, used there last hours of freedom to get beauty treatments at a poplar local salon. Now they are the best groomed inmates at the Amador County Jail. The ordeal began today when Jackson Parking Enforcement Officer Paul Neasbitt contacted three individuals in the North Main Street Parking Lot. Two individuals, a male and a female were seated inside the dark colcored Acura Integra, while a third subject was kneeling by the driver’s side door. Officer Neasbitt asked all three individuals for identification. The two males provided identification, and Officer Neasbitt stepped to the rear of the vehicle to request a patrol officer to his location and to run a check on the license plate. As he did this the driver of the vehicle started the Acura and began to back up. Officer Neasbitt ordered the driver to stop, however he gunned the engine, continuing to back the vehicle in Officer Neasbitt’s direction. Officer Neasbitt had to grab the rear spoiler on the vehicle and throw himself to the side of the vehicle, to avoid getting hit. The Acura then sped away on the north main street and a pursuit ensued as a Be On the Lookout was broadcasted for a small black car with the two occupants inside.

slide4 The driver of the vehicle was identified by his driver’s license as being Floyd Jess Easley, 24 years of age, and a parolee out of Sunnyvale, California. The second male, Barry Craig Standridge, 47, and from Jackson is also on parole and was detained at the scene of the incident.  The female suspect who had not provided an ID remained unidentified at that time. A search of the area was conducted with the assistance of the Sutter Creek Police Department, Amador Co. Sheriffs Office and the California Highway Air Patrol Support Unit and the vehicle was located at 1029 North Main Streets in an apartment complex parking lot abandoned. The plates on the vehicle did not match the vehicle’s make or model and a check of the vehicle’s VIN revealed that the Acura had been stolen out of San Jose.  After interviewing residents at the apartment complex the woman who was originally described by the Jackson police officer as wearing all black was now described as wearing a white tank top. The male suspect was identified as wearing a black sweatshirt with white writing.

slide5 Officers in the course of canvassing residents and businesses encircling the area for about an hour and a half, discovered that the suspects, in an attempt to hide had gone into Bev Ann’s Salon on North Main and requested beauty treatments. According to a salon employee the suspects entered the front door of the salon. The woman requested a manicure and an eye brow wax while the male suspect asked to have his hair which was about 1-2 inches in length, buzzed off. The suspects also had asked to use the phone because they needed to call someone to pick them up. Although the suspects were described as “shady” by one of Bev Ann’s employees, they paid for their treatments and carried on simple conversations with the staff of the salon. The two remained at the salon waiting for their ride, which ultimately wound up being in the back of a Jackson Police Department Car. Jackson Police Officer Mark Harmon discovered the suspects at Bev Ann’s Salon.

slide7 slide8 The female suspect was identified as Lisa Michelle Brigman, 27 and of San Jose. Both Easley and Brigman were taken into custody without further incident and booked into the Amador County Jail. Additional charges are pending the outcome of the investigation according to a Jackson press release.