Fourth arrest made, accused in aiding escaped Orleans Parish inmates

More people arrested for helping escaped New Orleans inmates as search for 5 continues

Most recently, a fellow inmate was charged with collaborating with the escapees from within the New Orleans jail.

Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures

Ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center in one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, enabled by failures that had previously been cited by authorities.

4 women arrested for allegedly aiding escaped New Orleans inmates

Investigators in New Orleans are tracking dozens of leads in the search for five missing escaped inmates. Police have arrested four women who officials say aided the men avoid capture. Kati Weis reports.

Another accused of helping Orleans Justice Center jailbreak inmates

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 residents were suspected to have helped some of the inmates after they escaped on May 16. Fourth person arrested, accused of helping Orleans Justice Cent…

4th woman arrested for allegedly assisting escaped New Orleans inmates

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Fifth suspected New Orleans accomplice arrested for allegedly aiding inmates in jailbreak

Casey Smith, 30, arrested for allegedly helping two inmates who escaped Orleans Justice Center, as police uncover her alleged involvement in the jailbreak.