Ninth New Orleans Prison Escapee Arrested, Leaving 1 On The Run

Authorities successful Louisiana announced connected Friday, June 27 that they apprehended 1 of nan inmates who escaped from nan Orleans Justice Center. Ten group escaped from nan jailhouse connected May 16, meaning 1 escapee is still connected nan run.

The Louisiana State Police said successful a connection that 33-year-old Antoine Massey was located and arrested astatine a residence successful New Orleans. He will beryllium transported to a authorities correctional installation “outside of nan area,” nan constabulary said, and further charges whitethorn beryllium forthcoming.

When he escaped, Massey was charged pinch home maltreatment involving strangulation and theft of a centrifugal vehicle. St. Tammany Parish officials said they besides issued apprehension warrants for second-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, home unit and usurpation of a protective bid arsenic portion of an investigation into a November 2024 incident, WDSU reported.

“Law Enforcement unit from various local, authorities and national agencies will proceed to activity astir nan timepiece to find nan 1 remaining fugitive,” Louisiana State Police said.

The first flight

Authorities said nan 10 inmates fled nan jailhouse by yanking unfastened a faulty compartment door inside Orleans Parish and squeezing done a spread down a toilet earlier scaling a barbed-wire fence. Officials discovered nan men escaped during a greeting headcount, hours later.

At nan scene, authorities recovered personification drew an arrow astir nan whole, arsenic good arsenic nan words “To Easy LoL.”

Multiple group person been arrested for allegedly helping nan erstwhile fugitives, among them a attraction worker astatine nan jailhouse whos accused of turing disconnected nan h2o to nan toilet wherever nan spread was, according to nan Associated Press. The attraction worker’s lawyer denied that their customer knowingly aided nan escapees.

Details of Massey’s apprehension

At a property convention connected Friday, June 27, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said she received a extremity that greeting and told different rule enforcement officials, who arrested Massey successful nan afternoon.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said he walked retired of nan location “peacefully” and surrendered. The AP quoted Louisiana State Police Superintendent Robert Hodges arsenic saying authorities are still investigating really Massey was capable to enactment astatine nan residence, which was conscionable 2 miles distant from nan jail.

Hodges said “It’s beautiful obvious” that to “remain a fugitive that long, he had assistance, he had help.”

Authorities are still searching for Derrick Groves. Groves, WDSU reported, was convicted successful October 2024 of sidesplitting Jamar Robinson and Byron Jackson connected Mardi Gras Day successful 2018.

Along pinch thief they whitethorn person gotten connected nan outside, respective lapses successful nan Orleans Parish Justice Center’s information whitethorn besides person contributed to nan escape. NBC News reported that nan sheriff has travel nether occurrence for “falling short” connected federally mandated improvements astatine nan jailhouse specified arsenic regular information checks.