3 more New Orleans jail escapees captured
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Arrests mount for those helping New Orleans prison escapees
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Leo Tate Sr., 31, and Jermaine Donald, 42, both were apprehended shortly after another of the 10 escapees, Lenton Vanburen, was booked in Baton Rouge, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the manhunt.
Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, sparking a massive search for the group.
Meanwhile, an inmate threatened to stab the employee with a "shank," a homemade knife, according to the employee's statement in an arrest affidavit.
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.
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What began as a single guard stepping away from his post to grab food quickly escalated into one of the boldest jailbreaks the city of New Orleans has ever witnessed.