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Anthony David Dorothy, 35, had been scheduled for trial in circuit court on Aug 16. He entered the pleas before Judge Donald Teeple.

According to Prosecutor James V. Young, Dorothy pled to attempted escape while waiting trial for a felony; conspiracy to escape while waiting trial; conspiracy to possess a short-barreled shotgun; and felony firearms.

Because he's an habitual offender, Dorothy will get an additional 10 years tacked onto his previous sentence of 9 years six months, for a robbery and assault case in Sandusky.

"Obviously we're taking a hard line on anyone attempted to escape from our facility and we'll do so in the future," said Young.

Dorothy and his alleged accomplice in the escape plot, Sara M. Bauer, 20, of Deckerville attempted to break him out of jail last March while he was waiting trial for the Sandusky crimes. The foiled plan called for Dorothy to retrieve a shotgun, pepper spray, cattle prod and handcuff key hidden in a bathroom ceiling at McKenzie Hospital, while he was at the facility for medical treatment.

Bauer was recently bound over to circuit court for trial in the attempted escape