Nine men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans city jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence pleaded not guilty to escape charges on Wednesday. Officials have repeatedly pointed to video surveillance of the brazen escape, one of the…
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Another person has been arrested in connection with the Orleans Justice Center jailbreak investigation. According to the New Orleans Police Department, around 3 p.m. on Friday, May 23, a search warrant was executed on a home in New Orleans East where one or more of the…
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A fourth person accused of helping two of 10 Orleans Justice Center escaped inmates has been arrested, according to the New Orleans Police Department. On Thursday, May 22, officers arrested 30-year-old Casey Smith following an investigation by…