11 escape jail in downtown New Orleans
Eleven inmates — all considered to be armed and dangerous — escaped from a jail in the city of New Orleans.
Scripps News
Authorities in Louisiana have recaptured three of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail through a hole in a wall behind a toilet, leaving officials to wonder if the men had inside help.
The inmates, including some with charges for murder, broke out of the jail in Orleans Parish at about 1 a.m. on May 16. By the end of the night, Kendall Myles, Robert Moody and Dkenan Dennis were back in custody, according to Gov. Jeff Landry.
“3 down 7 to go, and we ARE NOT slowing down! LOCK THEM UP!” Landry said in a social media post.
The inmates pulled a “defective” cell door off its tracks before ripping away a toilet and sink unit from a wall, Sheriff Susan Hutson said. Security footage showed the men leaving via a loading dock, scaling a wall and running across a highway, Hutson said.
“We have indication that these detainees received assistance in their escape from individuals inside of our department,” Hutson said, adding that a jail employee saw them escape through surveillance and didn’t report it.
Officials are offering up to a $7,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
The seven inmates still at large are Corey Boyd, Leo Tate, Jermaine Donald, Derrick Groves, Lenton Vanburen, Antoine T. Massey and Gary C. Price.
Contributing: Karissa Waddick and Michael Loria, USA TODAY; Reuters
