Final Escapee from New Orleans Jail Captured After Months on the Run

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Final Escapee from New Orleans Jail Captured After Months on the Run

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Final Escapee from New Orleans Jail Captured After Months on the Run

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Derrick Groves, the final escapee from a high-profile New Orleans jailbreak, captured in Atlanta.
The jailbreak saw ten inmates break free from the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16.
Groves was found hiding in a crawl space after a lengthy search involving multiple law enforcement agencies.
He faces additional charges for escape alongside his prior convictions for murder and attempted murder.
Authorities are investigating potential accomplices involved in the jailbreak.

Derrick Groves, 28, was captured in a crawl space of a home in Atlanta, Georgia, marking the end of a months-long search for the last of ten escapees from a New Orleans jail. His apprehension followed an extensive manhunt that began after he and nine other inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16 by removing a toilet and climbing through the resulting hole in the wall, reports LA Times, BBC, and NPR.

The capture took place after Groves was discovered by a police K-9 in a basement crawl space following a brief standoff with law enforcement. The multi-agency operation involved the deployment of gas canisters to flush him out from his hiding spot, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Fair and Atlanta police Deputy Chief Kelley Collier. Groves was the last fugitive still at large, with the other nine having been recaptured shortly after the jailbreak, many of them within weeks, LA Times, BBC, and NPR.

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