Overview
- Investigators say Hartley Elliot Sanchez left his assigned serving line at the Indian River County Sheriff’s annual Vero Beach barbecue on March 4 in violation of trustee rules requiring escorts for bathroom trips.
- Surveillance video reportedly shows him speaking with two women before entering the same portable toilet as one of them and then exiting separately.
- Deputies say Sanchez admitted to having sex in the porta-potty and directed them to review the video.
- The woman seen on video was identified as Elizabeth Greer, a former inmate on probation until 2027, and authorities did not charge her.
- Sanchez, who was already awaiting trial on separate drug and theft counts, now faces a felony escape or attempted escape charge under Florida Statute 944.40 that can carry up to 15 years.