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Tangipahoa Parish jail escapee captured in Amite, sheriff's office says
The Sheriff's Office discovered Tra’Von Johnson was missing after it received a phone call asking if he was still in custody.
Louisiana jail sees a murder suspect scale the fence and escape - his second jailbreak in a year
A man suspected of murder has escaped from a Louisiana jail after scaling a fence - his second jailbreak in a year. Tra’Von ...
Repeat escapee on the run again after breaking out of Tangipahoa jail
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for 19-year-old Tra’Von Johnson, who escaped from the parish jail ...
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Tangipahoa jail escapee still on run Friday, as 4 jail workers put on administrative leave
The Tangipahoa Sheriff's office has placed four staff on leave after a man escaped from the jail on Thursday afternoon - the ...
Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures
The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...
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Repeat jail escapee flees Tangipahoa Parish again
A Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again, authorities said. Tra’Von Johnson, 19, made his latest escape Thursday from the ...