Who are the inmates still on the run from a New Orleans jail?
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New Orleans jail escape: 3 inmates recaptured
Authorities are searching for inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail after they went through a hole in a wall.
Seven inmates are still at large on May 19 after escaping from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet.
The group was captured on surveillance footage fleeing Orleans Parish Prison around 1 a.m. on May 16. The men pulled a "defective" cell door off its tracks and escaped through a hole in the wall behind a toilet and sink unit, according to Susan Hutson, sheriff of Orleans Parish.
Three inmates, Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, and Dkenan Dennis, were recaptured within hours of what Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called a "massive jailbreak." Attorney General Liz Murrill has said the recaptured inmates and anyone who aided them in their escape will face new charges.
The escapees still at large, who range from 19 to 42 years old, initially faced charges including murder, aggravated assault and domestic abuse.
Here's what to know about the escaped inmates:
Corey Boyd
Boyd, 19, has been charged with second-degree murder, parish records show. He pleaded not guilty, the Associated Press reported.
Boyd is accused of killing a witness who caught him and others trying to break into a car in April 2024, the Times-Picayune/NOLA.com reported. Boyd allegedly struck the victim with a vehicle before an accomplice shot him in the head, according to the outlet.
A news release from the governor's office said Boyd also faced charges of obstruction of justice and threatening a law enforcement officer.
Jermaine Donald
Parish records show Donald, 42, was charged with second-degree murder. He also faced charges of aggravated battery and possession of a firearm, according to the governor's office. He pleaded not guilty in April 2024, the Times-Picayune/NOLA.com reported.
Donald faced charges related contraband while he was imprisoned, but the district attorney's office refused to pursue those charges, Landry said in a news conference. USA TODAY has reached out to the Orleans Parish district attorney's office for comment.
Derrick Groves
Groves, 27, was convicted of two charges of second-degree murder and two charges of attempted second-degree murder in October in connection with a shooting during Mardi Gras in 2018, according to a statement from the district attorney's office. Groves 'brazenly boasted about the violence' and took credit for the killings on social media, the news release said.
The shooting sparked a yearslong legal drama, officials said. Groves was initially convicted in 2019 alongside a co-defendant, but he had to be retried in January 2023. That ended in a mistrial after a juror read media accounts of the case and a second retrial in June 2023 ended in a deadlocked jury, according to the district attorney.
Groves has been awaiting sentencing on a manslaughter charge since October, according to a news release from the governor's office. He also faces a charge of battery against a correctional facility employee, the Associated Press reported, citing court records.
Antoine T. Massey
Massey, 32, is charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation and theft of a motor vehicle, according to Orleans Parish records.
There also is a warrant for his arrest in St. Tammany Parish for second-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, domestic abuse involving strangulation and violation of a protective order involving battery stemming from an incident in November, a spokesperson for the parish's sheriff's office told USA TODAY.
Gary Price
Price, 21, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, domestic abuse and aggravated assault, according to the governor's office.
Leo Tate
Tate, 31, was charged with burglary and drug possession, parish records show.
The governor's office said Tate also was charged with theft of a motor vehicle and was sentenced in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
NOLA.com reported Tate faced second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges over a 2018 shooting, but he accepted a plea deal that dismissed the murder-related charges. Tate was convicted of obstruction of justice and sentenced to 10 years behind bars, the outlet reported, citing jail records.
Lenton Vanburen
Vanburen, 26, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge in 2021, New Orleans police said. Vanburen was already in custody at the Orleans Parish Justice Center on charges related to an armed robbery and was rebooked on the murder charge.
Vanburen also faced charges of possession of suboxone, an opioid often used to treat addiction, and battery of a correctional officer, according to parish records.
Contributing: Michael Loria
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