An inmate who escaped from the New Orleans city jail in May and was on the run for more than a month has been captured, authorities said Friday.
Antoine Massey was taken into custody at a New Orleans home, the Louisiana State Police said in a statement.
At the time of his escape, Massey, 33, was incarcerated on charges of domestic abuse involving strangulation, motor vehicle theft and a parole violation, the agency said, adding that additional charges may be forthcoming.
Massey will be taken to a secure state correctional facility outside the area, state police said in a news release.
One inmate, Derrick Groves, remains at large. Law enforcement personnel from local, state and federal agencies will continue searching for him, the agency said.
Groves was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in October.
They were among 10 people accused of removing a toilet from a cell wall and fleeing through a hole at Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16.
A message —”To easy LOL” — was seen scrawled on the wall in photos released by authorities.
More than a dozen people have been arrested and accused of assisting in their escape, including a jail maintenance worker whom authorities accused of cutting off the water in the cell so the inmates could remove the toilet.
A lawyer for the maintenance worker, Sterling Williams, has denied that he played a role in their escape. He said his client he turned off the water because the toilet in an unused handicap cell was clogged.
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