2 charged with helping inmates who escaped New Orleans jail
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A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the remaining missing inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week,
New Orleans sheriff waited nearly a week to have the scene of a 10-man jailbreak processed for evidence by crime lab technicians, and then did so only at the behest of the district attorney, according to Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams.
After 10 inmates escape from Orleans Parish Prison, Sheriff Susan Hutson is under fire for leadership failures, prompting a pause in her re-election efforts.
Louisiana State Police, who have yet to find half of the Orleans Parish Prison escapees, announced the arrest of two women on Thursday – one who allegedly gave food to an escapee and another who was suspected to have been “in contact via phone” with one of the former prisoners.
A man was reportedly shot during an armed robbery in New Orleans East on Thursday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Just before 10:30 a.m., emergency services were called to a home in the 4600 block of Lancelot Drive for a report of a "man down," police said.
Meanwhile, an inmate threatened to stab the employee with a "shank," a homemade knife, according to the employee's statement in an arrest affidavit.
Former New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas is criticizing what he described as New Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson's "checkered past" after 10 inmates escaped a parish jail last week.
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) secretly received real-time, AI-generated alerts from 200 facial recognition cameras throughout the city for two
The massive manhunt for five of the 10 inmates who fled a New Orleans jail stretched into a sixth day on May 21, and the escape's investigation has now yielded three alleged accomplices. Louisiana State Police said Wednesday they have arrested two women,