Video surveillance from the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio shows the shocking moment a female inmate plunged through the roof as she attempted to escape from the jail waiting area.
Jessica Boomershine, 42, was awaiting a court appearance on January 21 charged with breaking into the house of an 85-year-old man in Miamisburg and assaulting him.
The surveillance footage shows her attempt to flee as she climbs onto a chair and pulls herself into the waiting room’s roof. It collapses beneath her and she instantly plummets back toward the ground.
Boomershine emerged from the botched escape attempt uninjured but is now facing further charges for escape and destruction of property.
Jessica Boomershine, 42, was awaiting a court appearance at Montgomery Sheriff’s Office on January 21 when she attempted to flee but plunged through the ceiling avoiding injury
![Boomershine was arrested on January 16 charged with breaking into the home of an 85-year-old man who gave her money when she told him she was homeless but wouldn't give her more](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992416-8026111-image-m-75_1582229596759.jpg)
Boomershine was arrested on January 16 charged with breaking into the home of an 85-year-old man who gave her money when she told him she was homeless but wouldn’t give her more
In the video, Boomershine is seen reaching toward the ceiling as fellow inmates look on and a woman in a separate cell in the background cheers her on.
There is a 30-second pause in which it is presumed she was moving a ceiling tile before she begins to drag herself up.
As she succeeds in pulling herself into the roof, corrections officers begin to enter to room but she crashes through after seconds, bringing part of the ceiling with her.
The officers rush to grab her legs and hold her as she loses her grip on the ceiling, hitting a trash can before she falls to the ground and is detained once more.
![Bommershine is shown in the surveillance video dragging a chair over the the wall of the female waiting cell in the Ohio jail and climbing on top of it as she reaches for the ceiling tiles](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992414-8026111-image-m-72_1582229534345.jpg)
Bommershine is shown in the surveillance video dragging a chair over the the wall of the female waiting cell in the Ohio jail and climbing on top of it as she reaches for the ceiling tiles
![There is a thirty-second pause in which it is presumed Boomershine removes a ceiling tile](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992408-8026111-image-m-73_1582229546022.jpg)
There is a thirty-second pause in which it is presumed Boomershine removes a ceiling tile
![Boomershine almost immediately falls through the ceiling tiles and is caught by officers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992498-8026111-image-a-69_1582229497158.jpg)
Boomershine almost immediately falls through the ceiling tiles and is caught by officers
![She almost immediately crashes through the ceiling as corrections officers enter the room](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992404-8026111-image-a-70_1582229524913.jpg)
She almost immediately crashes through the ceiling as corrections officers enter the room
Boomershine was first arrested with her boyfriend Billy Joe Farra, 35, last month after allegedly breaking into an elderly man’s home on January 15, taking his gun and assaulting him.
They kidnapped him and took the man’s car, forcing him at gunpoint to take out money from an ATM before abandoning him in the trunk of his car at a Rumpke recycling facility on East Monument Avenue in Dayton.
The man escaped after finding the emergency release in the trunk and made his way into the Rumpke facility, where he was later found bleeding heavily in the break room by employees.
He had suffered serious head and neck injuries.
‘Thankfully, the victim had the wherewithal after this ordeal to be able to escape from the trunk of his car,’ said Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr.
‘These defendants pistolwhipped the victim and left him for dead. The actions of these defendants, abusing and robbing a compliant 85-year-old man, is outrageous and disturbing. They both deserve to serve a significant time in prison.’
![Boomershine was arrested in January with her boyfriend Billy Joe Farra, 35. The couple is charged with breaking into the home of an 85-year-old man, assaulting him and forcing him to withdraw money from an ATM at gunpoint before leaving him bleeding in the trunk of his car](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992426-8026111-image-m-77_1582229627598.jpg)
Boomershine was arrested in January with her boyfriend Billy Joe Farra, 35. The couple is charged with breaking into the home of an 85-year-old man, assaulting him and forcing him to withdraw money from an ATM at gunpoint before leaving him bleeding in the trunk of his car
![Boomershine met the elderly man in a casino. After he gave her money, she kept returning to his home for more](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992420-8026111-image-a-84_1582229673509.jpg)
![When the elderly man would not give her more cash, she returned to his home with her boyfriend, Billy Joe Farra.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992424-8026111-image-m-83_1582229666693.jpg)
Boomershine, pictured left, met the elderly man in a casino. After he gave her money, she kept returning to his home for more. When the elderly man would not give her more cash, she returned to his home with her boyfriend, Billy Joe Farra, pictured on the left
![Boomershine now faces further charges for destruction of property after her botched escape](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24992418-8026111-image-m-86_1582229686254.jpg)
Boomershine now faces further charges for destruction of property after her botched escape
The victim identified Boomershine as someone he had recently met at the Hollywood Games Racino.
‘She reported herself to be homeless and didn’t have any money so he felt sorry for her,’ Miamisburg Police Sergeant, Jeff Muncy told Dayton 24/7.
‘He brought her home and gave her some food and what not and that’s how they know each other.’
Boomershine kept returning to the victim’s home looking for more money but he refused and so the couple decided to force his hand.
![The Montgomery County Jail where Boomershine was being held when she attempted escape](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/20/20/24993094-8026111-image-a-87_1582229864659.jpg)
The Montgomery County Jail where Boomershine was being held when she attempted escape
‘The elderly subject went to bed and he was woken by this male and female inside his bedroom in the male began to attack him,’ Muncy added.
Boomershine was arrested at the racino on January 16 while Farra was take into custody the following day.
They were both indicted for aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, felonious assault, kidnapping, grand theft, theft of a firearm and misuse of a credit card.
Boomershine later appeared in court on January 30 when she pleaded not-guilty and received a $500,000 bond.
Her victim was out of hospital and recovering at home by the time she fell through the jail ceiling.