8 of 10 New Orleans Inmates Recaptured; 2 Remain at Large

New Orleans Inmate Escape and Recapture

• 🎯 Eight of the 10 inmates who escaped a New Orleans detention facility on May 16th have been recaptured.
• 📍 Recent captures include two individuals found in Texas and one in Baton Rouge.
• 🔑 Many of the escaped inmates faced murder charges and were classified as high-risk offenders.
• 🛠️ The escape reportedly involved crawling through a hole behind a toilet, with evidence suggesting electric hair trimmers were used to cut through the cell wall.

Alleged Aiding and Ongoing Search

• 🤝 At least nine people have been arrested for allegedly assisting the inmates, including a jail maintenance worker accused of disabling the toilet's water supply.
• 🔗 Others arrested include family members and friends accused of providing rides, food, and money, and an inmate accused of supplying a blanket to scale razor wire.
• ⚠️ With two men still at large, both previously charged with second-degree murder, law enforcement is maintaining a high alert.

Separate Prison Escape in Arkansas

• 🚨 In a separate incident, a former law enforcement officer, Grant Harden, escaped from a high-security prison in Arkansas.
• ⚖️ Harden was serving decades for killing a town water department employee and was linked to a separate rape case.
• 🎭 Authorities reported that Harden disguised himself in a law enforcement uniform to slip past prison security, pushing a cart.