The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to CNN that she left the facility around noon on Tuesday and that electronic monitoring personnel were immediately trying to find her location.
“Staff tried to contact Hartman using the built-in telephone, but Hartman did not respond,” the statement said. “Electronic monitoring unit investigators found that her device indicated she was traveling in the direction of O’Hare International Airport.”
While investigators were on their way to the airport, the sheriff’s office informed Chicago police that Hartman was apparently on his way to the airport, according to the statement. At about 13:38, police were notified that Hartman was near Terminal 1.
An alarm was activated on her ankle monitor and she was detained by Chicago police officers, the statement said. Hartman did not enter any safe areas, the sheriff said.
Hartman will be returned to Cook County Jail and the sheriff’s office has said he wants to seek approval to charge Hartman with offense.
A trend of arrests at the airport
Her streak continues at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. On August 14, Hartman received a warning that he had tried to enter a security checkpoint without a ticket. Twelve days later, she was arrested in an airport terminal for criminal trespassing. A day later, Hartman was again seen wandering around a security post, Phoenix police said.
She was then arrested again at O’Hare in January 2018 after British officials detained her in London. She was charged with one offense and one of theft after she managed to travel from Chicago to London without a passport or boarding pass.
Reporters who followed her arrests said the success of her evasive maneuvers depended on her ability to merge into a crowd as a seemingly harmless, elderly white woman.
CNN’s Marlena Baldacci and Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report.