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Authorities Close In on Two New Orleans Jail Escapees as Rewards Rise to $50,000 Each

Officials credit the raised $50,000 reward for each fugitive with generating hundreds of tips that have tightened the manhunt.

Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves.
Two more people have been arrested and accused of assisting inmates who escaped Orleans Parish Jail last Friday.
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Overview

  • Two inmates, Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey, remain at large after a May 16 breakout at the Orleans Justice Center that exploited a hole behind a toilet and a barbed-wire fence.
  • Authorities have combined contributions from Crimestoppers, the FBI and the ATF to offer $50,000 per inmate for information leading to their capture.
  • Louisiana State Police report more than 700 leads as they coordinate a multistate manhunt involving state and federal agencies.
  • A jail maintenance worker, Sterling Williams, was arrested for allegedly disabling a cell’s water supply to allow inmates to remove a toilet and escape.
  • Eight of the ten escapees have been recaptured and over a dozen people have been arrested for aiding the fugitives.