Escaped Broward Prisoner Faces Judge Following Recapture
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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) -- With a gravely voice and sounding tired after nearly a week on the run, Dayonte Resiles faced a judge the morning after his capture.
The accused killer escaped from the Broward Courthouse last Friday and was found hiding out in a hotel room in West Palm Beach. That's where came face to face with SWAT and later Broward Sheriff Scott Israel.
"I just looked at him and he said, 'the sheriff's here,'" recalled Sheriff Israel.
Concerned that he could try a Houdini act again, a judge ordered Resiles to be held in solitary confinement.
"You're going to be isolated from the general population," said Magistrate Judge Michael Davis. "You may not have any communication with any outside persons or any persons who are incarcerated in the Broward County jail."
Resiles objected.
"Your honor, I believe it would be unconstitutional to restrain and restrict me from being able to converse and meet with my immediate family," said Resiles. "I mean, how would they know about my well-being or if something's wrong with me, like mentally disturbed?"
"Do you feel mentally disturbed," the judge asked.
"I'm not saying saying I feel mentally disturbed," Resiles responded, "but I'm not saying I won't."
"All right then," said the judge. "I'm going to order a mental health evaluation for you."
Resiles' attorney objected, fearing that could hurt his client in the murder trial.
Resiles' resourcefulness did not go unnoticed after coming up with an elaborate scheme to escape involving people in and out of the jail. So far, seven people are accused of helping him.
Crying during much of her court hearing, Paige Jackson is accused of setting up third party calls to help plan the escape. The 18-year-old is five months pregnant.
When prosecutors asked for a pricey bond, her mother nearly passed out in court.
Also making an appearance in court was Francine Mesadieu, who seemed surprised by the charges against her. She's accused of giving Resiles a wig, colored contacts and clothes to disguise his appearance.
Resiles and Mesadieu are both being held without bond.
The judge set a $50,000 bond for Jackson.
Broward Sheriff's Office investigators tell CBS 4 News that during the search for Resiles not only did people openly root on social media for his success but investigators say detectives got bogus information from the community to throw them off course.
We asked community activist and former local NAACP President Roosevelt Walters about that. Walters said he believes if it was a white person on the run, people might have done the same thing.
Walters believes it boils down to a lack of trust between police and members of the black community.
"If I don't trust you I'm not gonna tell you very much," Walter said. "But trust is not something that today you don't have it and tomorrow you do. Trust is earned over a long period of time."
Roosevelt Walters said he believes the first thing that needs to happen is for police officers to get to know members of the African-American community's they patrol and for both sides to develop trust with each other.
