The manhunt for inmates who executed a daring escape from a New Orleans jail has resulted in more captures, with three apprehended while two others remain at large, authorities say. According to ABC7 Chicago, police have released body camera footage capturing the arrest of two escapees, Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald, in Huntsville, Texas, when Texas DPS found them off Highway 190 and Geneva Road.
Further details from CBS News clarify that another inmate, Lenton Vanburen, was detained in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill shared the developments on social media highlighting that the escapees face additional charges now and are set for custody transfer back to Louisiana, Texas police who arrested Tate and Donald released the video that showed how the fugitives were located and taken into custody they were part of a larger group who broke out of the New Orleans Justice Center on May 16.
A total of 10 inmates had managed to break free from the New Orleans Justice Center earlier this month by forcing open a cell door and breaching a wall behind a toilet, surveillance video showed the escape as it happened around 1 a.m., with inmates fleeing through a nearby loading dock. According to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, the jailbreak went undetected until roughly 8:30 a.m., a significant delay considering no sheriff's deputy was assigned to the location where the escape started.
In the aftermath of the breakout, Louisiana State Police announced that at least 13 people have been arrested in connection with the inmates' escape and authorities have charged five individuals with accessory after the fact for allegedly aiding Lenton Vanburen, Murrill added that a maintenance worker was accused of facilitating the escape by shutting off water to the cell that allowed inmates to remove a toilet from the wall, the two men who captured in Texas, Tate and Donald, originally faced charges ranging from burglary to second-degree murder now they will be facing additional consequences.
