Overview
- Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey remain on the run more than two weeks after exploiting defective locks and a hole behind a toilet to escape on May 16.
- Law enforcement agencies, including Louisiana State Police, the FBI and U.S. Marshals, have raised rewards to $50,000 per inmate to boost public tips.
- Investigators have received over 700 leads, resulting in the capture of eight fugitives and the arrest of at least 14 people accused of aiding the breakout.
- Sterling Williams, a jail maintenance worker, has been charged with disabling cell water to let inmates remove a toilet and breach the facility wall.
- Officials warn that Groves is a convicted double murderer and Massey is a seasoned escapee with three prior getaways, and they say they are closing in on both men.