MARTINEZ — She went out through the bathroom window, and evaded deputies who searched the hospital grounds for any trace of her.

But now this 27-year-old Concord resident is in jail, being held without bail, after picking up a felony escape charge, court records show.

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It all started Aug. 21, as a seemingly routine check-in with a woman who was serving a jail sentence for burglary and petty theft, but had been allowed to enter a custody alternative program by the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office. The program gives typically lower-level offenders a chance to avoid jail, but has requirements similar to probation, like passing a drug test.

That’s where things went south. Police say the woman failed a drug test and was informed she was going to be booked into jail. Deputies fi

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