Cash Smith was thin on prospects and stranded inside the Astrodome when a voice wafted over the PA system, about an offer: Free seats on a flight to Denver, a place to live when you get there, help landing a job.
John Simerman
The 18-count indictment handed up Friday against Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her police officer bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie, paints a sordid picture of the pair jetting off on city time while scheming to hide their affair from the public, a federal grand jury and the news media.
If he’s ever recaptured, Derrick Groves awaits two life prison sentences with no shot at parole.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto's office has agreed to pay six figures to a Georgia man who was jailed for nearly a week over a bad identification using facial recognition technology.
A former Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office employee and girlfriend of New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves is accused of aiding in the planning of the breakout and setting up phone calls with a third party in which Groves discussed fleeing, police records show.
Two social media videos that appeared to show New Orleans jail fugitive Antoine Massey pleading his innocence in a track suit had authorities scrambling Monday, adding a wrinkle to a manhunt that has entered a new phase in its third week, with two of 10 escapees still on the lam, officials said.
Law enforcement officials were scrambling Monday afternoon to verify a social media post that appeared to show New Orleans jail fugitive Antoine Massey arguing that he was being miscast as a mastermind behind last month’s historic breakout.
The tattoos of chess pieces etched onto Antoine Massey's cheeks and forehead should make him stand out in a crowd.
Authorities arrested two New Orleans jail escapees in Texas on Monday afternoon, according to the Louisiana State Police.