The charges range from accessory after the fact to principal to simple escape. Investigators said the group aided the escapees in various ways.

A judge set multi-million-dollar bonds for new suspects, including an inmate and possible relatives of fugitives. Nine people now face charges.

Emmitt Weber, 28, was held on a $1 million bond on a count of accessory after the fact to simple escape. He was among four people at a New Orleans East home in New Orleans East suspected of aiding the escaped inmates.