The Cook County Sheriff’s Office told CNN in a statement that it was notified that it had left the facility around noon on Tuesday, and that the electronic monitoring team immediately started trying to find its location.
“The team tried to contact Hartman using the phone built into the device, but Hartman did not respond,” the statement said. “Investigators at the Electronic Monitoring Unit found that her device indicated that she was traveling in the direction of O’Hare International Airport.”
As investigators headed for the airport, the sheriff’s office notified the Chicago Police Department that Hartman appeared to be heading to the airport, according to the statement. At around 1:38 pm, police were notified that Hartman was near Terminal 1.
An alarm was activated on her ankle monitoring device and she was detained by Chicago police, the statement said. Hartman has not entered any secure areas, said the sheriff’s office.
Hartman will be returned to Cook County prison and the sheriff’s office said it is seeking approval to charge Hartman with escape from crime.
A trend in airport arrests
His streak continued at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. On August 14, Hartman received a warning for trying to enter a security checkpoint without a ticket. Twelve days later, she was arrested at an airport terminal for criminal invasion. The day after that, Hartman was seen again wandering around a security checkpoint, Phoenix police said.
She was then arrested at O’Hare again in January 2018, after British officials arrested her in London. She was charged with a misdemeanor for trespassing and a charge of theft after being able to travel from Chicago to London without a passport or boarding pass.
Reporters who followed his arrests said that the success of his evasive maneuvers depends on his ability to blend into the crowd as an elderly and apparently harmless white woman.
CNN’s Marlena Baldacci and Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report.