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Two arrests occurred on Friday, as the number of people alleged to have assisted the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center grows.
Ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center in one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, enabled by failures that had previously been cited by authorities.
The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...
A New Orleans nonprofit says it helped capture two escaped inmates, but officials content they did not get alerts.
Another arrestee, Connie Weeden, is accused of sending cash via a cell phone app to escapee Jermaine Donald. Weeden, 59, was ...
As the fugitive search enters a second week, fears are increasingly giving way to frustration, anger and a desire for accountability.
The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with ...
When 10 inmates busted out of the Orleans Justice Center last week, the world was shocked. New Orleanians? Not so much. For ...
Sterling Williams walked into pod 1-D of the Orleans Parish jail last Friday to fix a toilet, his attorney said.
Nearly a week after 10 inmates opened a faulty cell door inside a city jail and moved the toilet to squeeze through a hole, ...
A retired FBI expert says the New Orleans jail escape exposes critical staffing shortage and other issues after 10 inmates ...
Tra'Von Johnson escaped the jail Thursday night after another inmate, Trevon Wallace, boosted him over a fence in the jail yard.