New Orleans jail inmate faces new charges
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Authorities have arrested a seventh person in connection with the escape of 10 inmates from a Louisiana jail, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Emmitt Weber, 28, faces a charge of accessory after the fact of simple escape,
As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
The Washington Post investigation published this week reported that New Orleans police were using Project N.O.L.A.'s network of facial recognition cameras to monitor the streets for wanted suspects over the past two years in ways that appeared "out of step" with the local ordinance.
The manhunt for inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish jail is entering its second week. Here are the latest updates, including a new related arrest for heling escapees.
Louisiana authorities have arrested a third woman accused of aiding inmates in their escape from a New Orleans jail. Five of the ten escapees remain at large.
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Louisiana State Police have this stern warning for citizens as they continue to hunt down five escapees from the New Orleans prison.
While police are still searching for several of the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail, another Louisiana jail has experienced a surprisingly similar breakout. Questions about public safety have been racing in the Bayou State after these jail breaks happened less than a full week apart.
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A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the remaining missing inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week,