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9 New Orleans inmates who broke out of jail plead not guilty to escape charges
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, JUL 23 – Nine inmates arrested after a May 16 breakout pleaded not guilty to simple and aggravated escape charges and are held without bond at Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said.
- On Wednesday, nine recaptured inmates who escaped on May 16 are arraigned before Judge Leon Roche at the Orleans Criminal District Court.
- Surveillance footage captured the inmates cutting through a toilet and sprinting out via a maintenance tunnel after breaching a cell door.
- On June 30, authorities charged the nine with simple and aggravated escape, punishable by two to five years, while Derrick Groves remains on the run.
- All nine recaptured inmates pled not guilty and are held without bond at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, while Prosecutors called him `the walking definition of a flight risk`.
- The next court date is Sept. 3, and the escape has prompted investigations by the FBI, state police and U.S. Marshals, with a $50,000 reward offered.
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New Orleans escaped inmates enter pleas in connection with jailbreak | News Channel 3-12
By Erin Lowrey Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — Nine of the 10 inmates who have been recaptured following a May 16 escape from the Orleans Parish Justice Center were in court Monday, where they entered pleas in connection with the escape. This comes after Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill charged them all with simple escape. Each inmate entered a not guilty plea in connection with the escape. They are…
New Orleans escaped inmates enter pleas in connection with jailbreak
By Erin Lowrey Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — Nine of the 10 inmates who have been recaptured following a May 16 escape from the Orleans Parish Justice Center were in court Monday, where they entered pleas in connection with the escape. This comes after Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill charged them all with simple escape. Each inmate entered a not guilty plea in connection with the escape. They are…
Nine men accused of escaping from a New Orleans City prison in May, after sliding through a hole behind a toilet and climbing a barbed wire fence, pleaded innocent of the escape charges on Wednesday.
9 of 10 men who broke out of New Orleans jail plead not guilty to escape charges
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.
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9 New Orleans inmates who broke out of jail plead not guilty to escape charges
Nine of the 10 men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence have pleaded not guilty to escape charges.
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