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<p>MCKEESPORT &#8212; Police say a nursing assistant helped a prisoner who&#8217;s a cousin of her stepchildren escape from a suburban Pittsburgh hospital by hiding a handcuff key in a tissue box.</p><p>Michele Sims was arraigned Monday on charges including hindering apprehension.</p><p>The 47-year-old Port Vue woman is jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail pending a Nov. 9 hearing. Online court records do not list a lawyer to comment on the charges.</p><p>Inmate Alexander Erb eluded authorities for more than 16 hours after escaping from UPMC McKeesport hospital on Oct. 12.</p><p>Police say the 26-year-old, hospitalized after his arrest in a domestic dispute, was shackled to a bed and under guard. Police say he used a nurse as an obstacle as he escaped.</p><p>Authorities say they found him hiding under a bed with a 16-year-old girl at a home about two miles away.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This undated photo supplied by the Allegheny County Sheriff&#8217;s Office shows 26-year-old Glassport, Pa., resident Alexander Erb. Arrested after a domestic dispute and taken for treatment to UPMC McKeesport hospital 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pa., Erb obtained a key to his handcuffs and used a nurse as an obstacle as he hopped on a gurney and escaped around 1 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, eluding authorities for more than 16 hours, the office&#8217;s Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus said Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web1_Erb.jpg</photo0><caption0>This undated photo supplied by the Allegheny County Sheriff&#8217;s Office shows 26-year-old Glassport, Pa., resident Alexander Erb. Arrested after a domestic dispute and taken for treatment to UPMC McKeesport hospital 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pa., Erb obtained a key to his handcuffs and used a nurse as an obstacle as he hopped on a gurney and escaped around 1 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, eluding authorities for more than 16 hours, the office&#8217;s Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus said Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. </caption0><photoCredit0>Allegheny County Sheriff&#8217;s Office via AP </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Police: Nurse assistant helped inmate escape with hidden key