3 more New Orleans jail escapees captured
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Authorities are still searching for two escapees from the group of 10 inmates that broke out of a New Orleans prison ... response to the brazen jailbreak in which Massey, Groves and the other escapees breached a cell wall in the Orleans Parish Justice ...
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.
As of Tuesday, there are more alleged accomplices than fugitives. Two of the 10 escapees are still on the run, while a dozen others are charged with helping them either before or after May 16.
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.
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Two more alleged co-conspirators have been arrested following Friday's early-morning prison break from a New Orleans jail, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
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.