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Search continues for escaped inmates
A 4th idiosyncratic has been arrested successful transportation with the escape of 10 inmates past week from a New Orleans jail, authorities said.
Louisiana State Police announced Thursday that 59-year-old Connie Weeden of Slidell, Louisiana, has been taken into custody connected 1 felony number of being an accessory aft the fact.
According to authorities police, Weeden was successful interaction with escapee Jermaine Donald by telephone some earlier and aft his jailbreak. She besides provided him with currency via a compartment telephone app aft his escape.
Donald is 1 of 5 escaped inmates who stay astatine large. Five person been captured.
From apical left, DKenan Dennis, Gary Price, Robert Moody, Kendell Myles and Corey Boyd are seen successful a operation of photos provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. From bottommost left, Lenton VanBuren, Jermaine Donald, Antoine Massey, Derrick Groves and Leo Tate are seen.
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On Monday, Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old attraction idiosyncratic astatine the jail, was arrested connected charges that helium unopen disconnected h2o to a compartment that the inmates utilized successful the flight by removing a toilet from the wall, the bureau of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said.
Then connected Wednesday, state constabulary reported that 32-year-old Cortnie Harris of New Orleans, and 38-year-old Corvanntay Baptiste of Slidell, were besides arrested connected charges of being accessories aft the fact.
The brazen escape from the Orleans Parish Justice Center occurred successful the aboriginal greeting hours of May 16. The escape, portion of which was captured connected surveillance video, showed the inmates removing a jailhouse compartment doorway disconnected the way and breaching a partition down the toilet of a cell.
The inmates climbed a obstruction that separated the jailhouse from a operation site, and yet sprinted crossed a freeway. The flight wasn't discovered until much than 7 hours later, astatine astir 8:30 a.m. connected May 19.
The Orleans Justice Center jail, left, successful New Orleans is seen connected Friday, May 16, 2025.
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