Authorities are urging the public to be vigilant against information leading to arrest after 10 inmates fled the New Orleans prison and provide $12,000. So far, three have been recaptured.
New Orleans prison escape: Three prisoners recaptured
Authorities are searching for prisoners who fled from a New Orleans prison after passing through a hole in the wall.
He entered Louisiana on May 18th for seven of the 10 prisoners who escaped from a New Orleans prison with the help of prison employees on the third day in Louisiana.
According to Susan Hutson, a sheriff of Orleans, the prisoner facing murder charges on May 16 fled the Orleans parish prison around 1am on May 16th.
By the evening of May 17, Kendel Miles, Robert Moody and Doken Dennis had been in custody, according to Gov. Jeff Landry. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are still working to find Corey Boyd, Leo Tate, Jermaine Donald, Derrick Groves, Renton Vanbren, Antoine T. Massey and Gary C. Price.
The FBI in New Orleans said on social media that at least one prisoner was found for hints from the public. Louisiana State Police previously said the recovered fugitive was found hiding under a car in a hotel garage in New Orleans’ famous French neighborhood.
The prisoner was arrested after a short pursuit.
“I’m not done with work!” Laundry said in a social media post.
The city of New Orleans and its police department urged residents and visitors to remain vigilant during the Manhunt and report suspicious activity, WDSU reported. According to Louisiana State Police, the compensation for information that leads to arrests has increased to $12,000.
Did the inmates have help?
Chief Jewelski Mallett of Orleans’ Parish Corrections said the prisoners could not violate a wall near the toilet without external assistance.
“It was more than just a security breach, and it was a kind of help,” Mallett said.
Security footage showed a man tampering with cell doors, fleeing through a loading dock and running across the highway. Hutson said prison employees saw the man escape through surveillance and did not report it. “It shows that these detainees have been assisted in escaping individuals within our department,” Hutson said.
What was the prisoners in prison at first for?
The prison housed 1,400 inmates, including several “high-class” inmates convicted of violent crimes that required “restrictive housing environments that did not exist,” Mallett told PBS.
Parish records show that at least three of the escaped prisoners are charged with murder or attempted murder.
Miles, Moody and Dennis were three prisoners – awaiting trial on a variety of felony charges including attempted murder, armed robbery, aggravation, battery, forced, illegally carried weapons and illegal drug possession crimes.
Price, 21, is charged with attempted first-degree murder. Donald, 42, is charged with second-degree murder. Diocese records show that 32-year-old Massey is charged with domestic abuse, including strangulation.
It is unclear what additional charges prisoners may face after they flee.
Contributed by: Jeanine Santucci, Jonathan Limehouse, Karissa Waddick, Michael Loia, USA Today. Reuters
