Fugitive mom will be freed on probation

DETROIT (AP) — A California woman captured last year after escaping from a Michigan prison 33 years ago and living on the lam as a suburban mother has been granted probation, a state parole board ruled Wednesday.

Susan LeFevre was given two years of probation, but her behavior in prison will be closely watched until her May 19 release date because of several misconducts, said Russ Marlan, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections.

LeFevre, 54, escaped from a Michigan prison in 1976 after serving about 14 months of a 10-year drug sentence in Saginaw County. LeFevre has said she never expected to get 10 years in prison when she agreed to plead guilty in 1974.

She made her way to California, got married and raised a family in the San Diego area.