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CTV News
3 days ago
- General
- CTV News
New Orleans jail escapee releases videos, prompting search of home where they were made, source says
The Orleans Parish jail is pictured in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025.(Brett Duke /The Advocate via AP, file) NEW ORLEANS — A man who identifies himself as a New Orleans jail escapee released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities, leading to a police raid that failed to recapture him, an Associated Press source says. Authorities were so convinced about the authenticity of the videos that they searched a home a little over 2 miles (nearly 4 miles) from the jail late Monday where they believe the recordings were made by escapee Antoine Massey, according to a senior law enforcement official who spoke to The AP on the condition of anonymity. The official said he was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into the May 16 escape by 10 inmates. Massey was not at the New Orleans home on the edge of the Fairgrounds and Gentilly neighborhoods, the official said, but authorities did locate some clothing they believe he wore during filming. Authorities had been tipped to the videos, which were posted on Sunday, by relatives who recognized the residence from which Massey was speaking. State Police Superintendent Col. Robert Hodges said that despite the agency's confidence in its investigations, 'things change at a moment's notice and it's usually because someone has helped them.' He encouraged people to keep coming forward with tips. Last week, authorities upped the reward for information leading to $50,000 per escapee. Authorities are racing to recapture Massey and convicted murderer Derrick Groves, now more than two weeks since the audacious breakout. Eight of the escapees have since been recaptured. Louisiana State Police, the agency leading the search for the fugitives, declined to comment on whether it had verified Massey's identity in the videos. The agency carried out the search related to the videos, which seemingly showing a man with the same facial tattoos as Massey sitting near a kitchen, which have since been removed from Instagram. 'Please, I'm asking for help,' said Massey, appealing to President Donald Trump and several rappers including Lil Wayne, a New Orleans native, in one video. 'When I get back in custody I'm asking y'all please to come and help.' Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson called on Massey to surrender. 'Cooperating with law enforcement is in his best interest and may help avoid additional charges,' Hutson said in an emailed statement. 'It is important that justice is served appropriately and that due process is followed.' Massey, 32, faced charges of rape, kidnapping, domestic violence involving strangulation and violation of a protective order all stemming from a November 2024 incident, St. Tammany Parish authorities say. In Orleans Parish, where he was incarcerated, he faced charges of motor vehicle theft and domestic battery. Massey said he is innocent. He also claimed in a video that he had been 'let out' of jail. A woman police identified as being in a relationship with Massey has suffered multiple alleged instances of physical abuse from him, according to police reports, and had a protective order against him last year, court records show. This woman has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and as a principle to aggravated escape. Authorities said the woman knew of Massey's escape plans in advance, communicated with him after his escape and misled authorities. 'If you want to plead your innocence … there is a court of law that is designed to do that,' Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters at an unrelated news conference Tuesday. 'What I would urge is those two (escapees) quit the hide-and-seek game that we are playing and you will be able to have your day in court.' The tough-on-crime Republican said he remains confident the two escapees at large will be captured. Footage and images released by authorities show inmates yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet and crawling through a hole where steel bars had been cut. They then scaled a barbed wire fence using blankets. A maintenance worker charged with helping the incarcerated men escape has denied knowingly aiding them via his lawyer. Sara Cline contributed reporting from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Jim Mustian And Jack Brook, The Associated Press
Washington Post
3 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
New Orleans jail escapee releases videos, prompting search of home where they were made, source says
NEW ORLEANS — A man who identifies himself as a New Orleans jail escapee released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities, leading to a police raid that failed to recapture him, an Associated Press source says. Authorities were so convinced about the authenticity of the videos that they searched a home a little over 2 miles (nearly 4 miles) from the jail late Monday where they believe the recordings were made by escapee Antoine Massey, according to a senior law enforcement official who spoke to The AP on the condition of anonymity. The official said he was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into the May 16 escape by 10 inmates. Massey was not at the New Orleans home on the edge of the Fairgrounds and Gentilly neighborhoods, the official said, but authorities did locate some clothing they believe he wore during filming. Authorities had been tipped to the videos, which were posted on Sunday, by relatives who recognized the residence from which Massey was speaking. State Police Superintendent Col. Robert Hodges said that despite the agency's confidence in its investigations, 'things change at a moment's notice and it's usually because someone has helped them.' He encouraged people to keep coming forward with tips. Last week, authorities upped the reward for information leading to $50,000 per escapee. Authorities are racing to recapture Massey and convicted murderer Derrick Groves, now more than two weeks since the audacious breakout . Eight of the escapees have since been recaptured. Louisiana State Police, the agency leading the search for the fugitives, declined to comment on whether it had verified Massey's identity in the videos. The agency carried out the search related to the videos, which seemingly showing a man with the same facial tattoos as Massey sitting near a kitchen, which have since been removed from Instagram. 'Please, I'm asking for help,' said Massey, appealing to President Donald Trump and several rappers including Lil Wayne, a New Orleans native, in one video. 'When I get back in custody I'm asking y'all please to come and help.' Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson called on Massey to surrender. 'Cooperating with law enforcement is in his best interest and may help avoid additional charges,' Hutson said in an emailed statement. 'It is important that justice is served appropriately and that due process is followed.' Massey, 32, faced charges of rape, kidnapping, domestic violence involving strangulation and violation of a protective order all stemming from a November 2024 incident, St. Tammany Parish authorities say. In Orleans Parish, where he was incarcerated, he faced charges of motor vehicle theft and domestic battery. Massey said he is innocent. He also claimed in a video that he had been 'let out' of jail. A woman police identified as being in a relationship with Massey has suffered multiple alleged instances of physical abuse from him, according to police reports, and had a protective order against him last year, court records show. This woman has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and as a principle to aggravated escape. Authorities said the woman knew of Massey's escape plans in advance, communicated with him after his escape and misled authorities. 'If you want to plead your innocence … there is a court of law that is designed to do that,' Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters at an unrelated news conference Tuesday. 'What I would urge is those two (escapees) quit the hide-and-seek game that we are playing and you will be able to have your day in court.' The tough-on-crime Republican said he remains confident the two escapees at large will be captured. Footage and images released by authorities show inmates yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet and crawling through a hole where steel bars had been cut. They then scaled a barbed wire fence using blankets. A maintenance worker charged with helping the incarcerated men escape has denied knowingly aiding them via his lawyer. ___ Sara Cline contributed reporting from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ___ Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
One of the biggest developments Barrie has seen, now in question
A rendering for a proposed development at the old Essa Road fairgrounds in Barrie, Ont. (Courtesy: City of Barrie)
Chicago Tribune
28-02-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois Boat Show returns to Lake County as spring approaches; ‘We sell fun'
Several thousand people were expected to attend the annual four-day Northern Illinois Boat Show in Grayslake, which runs through Sunday with more than 50 manufacturers and 20 exhibitors. 'Having a boat is almost essential for living in Lake County, or even some of the surrounding areas, so it's a show that we're super-excited to have back,' said Chey Pribel, director of marketing and events manager for the Lake County Fairgrounds and Event Center. When the show opened at noon in Expo Hall at the event center on Thursday, Benjamin and Janis Thompson of Round Lake were among the first to come through the doors. 'I usually go out with my friend to go out fishing, so I'm looking to get my own boat,' Benjamin Thompson said. 'Last year, we fished for walleye and we had a real good year on the Chain. One day, we got 29 and we thought, 'We're never going to beat that record,' but the next day, we got 67.' For 16 years, the show has been produced by Warren Moulis and son Neil. Warren Moulis is co-owner of Munson Marine, Fox Lake Harbor and Chain O'Lakes Marina, all of Fox Lake, and Inland Harbor Marina of Antioch. The four properties have a total of 450 boat slips. Parked outside of the event center was an airboat used for sunken boat and snowmobile recovery, a service offered by the Bruce family and BruceSki's Marine Construction of McHenry. 'So far this winter, we've recovered about 16 sunken vehicles and two ice shanties, Joel Bruce said. 'We want to stress that no ice is safe ice. Everybody wants to play on the ice, but you never know when it's going to be too thin to fall in.' With area temperatures rising and the start of spring on the horizon, many were ready to shop with visions of a summer on the Chain O'Lakes, Lake Michigan and the rivers and lakes of northeastern Illinois and Wisconsin. 'You have the best selection, best pricing, best financing available and, especially, availability with spring delivery,' Moulis said. 'We sell fun.' He said he senses more people are ready to spend on recreation this year. 'The average person was holding back, holding back, holding back,' Moulis said. 'Now we're starting to sell some of the smaller boats again. The average person is breaking out the money (and) is spending. The confidence is back.' Fox Waterway Agency executive director Joseph S. Keller said, 'Despite a late start with this year's renewals getting out, sticker sales are pretty much on par with last year as we sold nearly $300,000 worth of them in the month of January. 'My friends in the banking industry have said that the last couple of years had shown record production with loans for boat sales,' he said. 'It's a bit more tempered now with higher interest rates, but the price of boats has also come down from recent-year highs. 'The housing market around the water has shown outstanding resiliency as the availability of housing around it has remained very limited these years and moving into spring,' Keller continued. 'So the demand for … boating on the Chain and Fox River has continued to maintain its strength as people have looked to it as a bastion of good old-fashioned family fun, peace and tranquility. 'The secret of the Chain and Fox River is no more, it seems,' he said. Keller said waterway staff counted 28 Bald eagles fishing last week on Grass Lake, 'and I just saw the first flock of the season of our great American pelicans land on the Nippersink earlier today. So it seems like the groundhog and these great American birds smell spring in the air.'
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Structures at site of new Jacksonville Fairgrounds partially collapse during storm
Metal structures at the site of the future Jacksonville Fairgrounds were damaged during stormy weather Sunday afternoon. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Action News Jax told you the Fairgrounds are moving out of Downtown Jacksonville and over to the Westside next year. Read: 'It's going to be a different fair:' Construction greenlit for new fairgrounds on Westside Jacksonville Fairgrounds CEO Bill Olson tells Action News Jax that the majority of the damage was done to the columns and beams of what is supposed to be the future Fairgrounds Expo. Olson says construction of the expo began just last week, and they had already built about 20,000 square feet of the skeleton. Councilmember Randy White, who represents the district, says the damage is repairable, but may delay construction by two or three weeks. 'It was pretty windy this morning and you never know what it's going to cause. Obviously a down burst or something must've come through here, the building they started last Tuesday,' said White. 'I think it's an about 80,000 square foot building when it's finished, I think that's about 1/4 of what's been put up,' Councilmember White says, thankfully no one was working this morning, so no one was injured. Since the damage just happened, he says the cost of repairs is still unknown. Read: Company owned by Shad Khan buys Jacksonville Fairgrounds Read: Two-way travel to be reintroduced to streets in Downtown Jacksonville [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
