Karen Voyles

Gainesville Sun 
Staff Writer

Published: Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 10:43 p.m.

A Gainesville woman accused of sneaking into a minimum-security prison for a rendezvous with her boyfriend early Wednesday was arrested when the couple were discovered.

The boyfriend reportedly jumped out of a window and remained a fugitive at midday Wednesday.

Gainesville police arrested Victoria Thorp, 19, inside a dormitory at the Santa Fe Work Release Center on NW 39th Avenue shortly after 3 a.m.

Police Lt. Wayne Ash said the woman Thorp had apparently climbed through an unbarred window to see Aquilla Wilson, 18. Wilson was serving time at the minimum-security state facility for Citrus County drug convictions.

"It appeared that she climbed through the window for a little tryst, and when they got caught, he left and left her there," Ash said.

Thorp was being held at the Alachua County jail on charges of aiding a prisoner's escape and introduction of contraband into a prison. A search for Wilson - who was considered a fugitive as soon as he went through the window - was under way.

 

Aquila Wilson

 

 

 Victoria Thorp