{Lexington, Kentucky}...John Lee Williams, 42, of Lexington, pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping convicted rapist John Calvin Buckley IV flee the state. Williams, a former cellmate of Buckley's, was charged with one count of hindering prosecution or apprehension, a misdemeanor. Williams was seen on surveillance video in the parking lot of a Georgetown drug store riding in a stolen rental car with Buckley after Buckley escaped from the Fayette Circuit Courthouse on July 12th. The car was found abandoned in the parking lot of the drug store the following week, after Buckley had left the state. Williams was sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in jail, with credit for time served. Fayette County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Williams on August 9th. Williams was on probation for an unrelated felony when he helped Buckley escape. In June 2011, Williams was accused of firing a handgun at two people in a vehicle on Loudon Avenue. He pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm and one count of tampering with physical evidence in December. As a condition of his probation, he was not to commit any more crimes or leave Fayette County without permission. A probation revocation hearing was scheduled for September 21st.
