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Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.
Law enforcement agencies located and arrested 33-year-old Antoine Massey at a residence in New Orleans on Friday, authorities announced in a press release.
Massey "walked out of a home peacefully" and was taken into custody in the Third District, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said during a press conference Friday night.
Massey will be taken to a secure state correctional facility, Louisiana State Police said. At the time of his escape, Massey had been facing charges of domestic abuse battery involving strangulation, motor vehicle theft and a parole violation, authorities said, adding that additional charges may follow.
The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and the New Orleans Police Department located and arrested Massey on Friday, state police said.
Nine of the 10 Orleans Parish Prison inmates have now been recaptured following their from the Orleans Justice Center, which went unnoticed for hours. Only one, Derrick Groves, remains on the lam. The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.
Speaking Friday night, Kirkpatrick said Groves has the option to peacefully turn himself in. "You will be taken into custody, but you still have the option to peacefully turn yourself in, and we will make an appeal to you to do so," she said.
for information that leads to Grove's arrest is still $50,000, Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Hodges said during the press conference. Authorities warned against aiding a fugitive, and encouraged anyone with information to contact police.
State and local officials have criticized the management of Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who has largely blamed the jailbreak on poor infrastructure and the inability to make needed improvements at the 10-year-old, $150 million facility.
at least 16 people who are accused of aiding the escape of the inmates.
Some of the inmates were found within the and others elsewhere within the state of Louisiana, while two of them were found following extensive surveillance efforts by the U.S. Marshals, authorities have said.
"They can keep running, but they can't hide forever," Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill .
In a social media post Friday on X, Murrill , in part, that Massey "has finally been recaptured in the Hollygrove area of New Orleans. He will now face additional charges for his role in the escape, and I'll ensure that he will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."
