3 more of the 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail are captured, leaving
2 on the run, officials say
[May 27, 2025]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three more of the 10 inmates who escaped from
a New Orleans jail earlier this month were re-arrested Monday in two
different states after more than a week on the lam, authorities said.
One of the men was arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by local police
and two others were arrested in Walker County, Texas, by officials
there, Louisiana State Police posted on the platform X.
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Troopers with Louisiana State Police escort Orleans Parish Prison
escapee Lenton Vanburen to a waiting vehicle late Monday, May 26, 2025,
at Louisiana State Police Headquarters after he was captured in Baton
Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP) |
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Two more inmates are still on the run, state police said. No
other details were immediately released about Monday's arrests.
Authorities have been scouring the New Orleans area for the men
after they escaped in an audacious May 16 jailbreak. The men
yanked open a faulty cell door inside a jail, squeezed through a
hole behind a toilet, scaled a barbed-wire fence and fled into
the coverage of darkness.
The inmates’ absence wasn’t discovered until a morning
headcount, hours after they bolted for freedom. Graffiti left on
the wall included the message “To Easy LoL,” with an arrow
pointing to the gap.
City and state officials have pointed to multiple security
lapses in the jail.
Louisiana authorities named the latest inmates who were
recaptured as Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald.
Jail escapees Dkenan Dennis, Corey Boyd, Gary C. Price, Kendell
Myles and Robert Moody were previously taken into custody by
authorities.
Many of the men were originally in the New Orleans jail awaiting
sentences or trials for alleged violent crimes including murder.
After the escape, a jail maintenance worker was arrested and
accused of turning off the water to the toilet, an act
authorities said helped the men get out. The worker said he had
been threatened by one of the inmates if he refused to do so.
In addition, four other people have been arrested for allegedly
helping the inmates once they were on the loose.
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