Bounty hunter believes escaped inmate Antoine Massey's days are numbered
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Law enforcement continues to search for the two remaining escapees from the Orleans Parish Jail.
Part of that effort includes investigating videos uploaded online, by a man claiming to be one of the escapees.
The videos were created by a man who appears to be Antoine Massey.
'Antoine, turn yourself in,' said Matt Dennis with ASAP ankle monitoring.
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WGNO went to the address on Agriculture Street where the home was raided, trying to get answers from the homeowner.
But no one answered.
According to an Associated Press source, police recovered clothes the man was wearing when he recorded the videos from the home.
Dennis says if it is Massey in the videos, then they show that he is running out of resources.
'I think he's having more and more difficulty every day getting any type of help, whether it's a place to hide inside the house or a car,' Dennis said. 'They start to have trouble with people helping them, especially with the way they're full-court rushing these guys.'
Pastor Raymond Brown at Ray Avenue Baptist Church says all Massey's family wants is for him to turn himself in. He also believes the video is getting the word out about conditions inside the justice center.
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'We're not standing with him in any wrongdoings. We want him to be prosecuted but in the right way,' Brown said. 'But for him to have to break out for us to hear his side of his story, that's a major problem in our community.'
Dennis, who is also a bounty hunter, previously captured Massey after he removed his ankle monitor.
'He's absolutely catchable,' Dennis said. 'Massey is one of the lower people on the food chain when it comes to the escapees. He's not the most dangerous guy. They're going to have to keep working it for someone to be running from us and hiding for two weeks.'
Dennis says the other escapee who is still at large, convicted murderer Derrick Groves, is the one the public needs to pay attention to.
'Groves is scary,' Dennis said. 'Groves is a murderer. Not just a single. He's a multi-murderer, and he is very dangerous. And he needs to be captured.'
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