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New Orleans jail escapee Antoine Massey is captured but police say one more inmate still on the run
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Untargeted Facial Recognition is Unvetted and Unsafe: New Orleans City Council Should Reject It
Part one of this two part series regarding New Orleans’ dragnet facial recognition program is available here. The New Orleans City Council is set to vote on an ill-conceived ordinance that would facilitate the use of untargeted facial recognition...

Where is Derrick Groves? Only New Orleans inmate on the loose after Antoine Massey's capture
Derrick Groves, a 27-year-old convicted double murderer, remains the last fugitive at large following a mass escape from the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans last month. On Friday, officials announced that Antoine Massey had been caught. The...

Will Antoine Massey, other New Orleans inmates face fresh charges after being caught?
Antoine Massey, one of ten inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, was captured Friday, Louisiana State Police announced in a Facebook post. Ten prisoners escaped a New Orleans jail early May 16 after breaking through a wall...

Antoine Massey is captured by police after breaking out of New Orleans jail with nine other inmates
A serial-escapee who fled a jail in New Orleans has been apprehended over a month after he escaped along with nine other inmates. Antoine Massey, 33, was arrested in New Orleans on Friday, leaving only Derrick Groves as the last escapee on the...
Antoine Massey captured after New Orleans jailbreak
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — 33-year-old Antoine Massey has been captured after 10 people escaped from the Orleans Justice Center over a month prior, on May 16. Antoine Massey (Courtesy: Louisiana State Police)Antoine Massey (Courtesy: Orleans Parish...

Ninth escaped New Orleans inmate has been arrested after 6-week manhunt
Updated on: June 27, 2025 / 7:08 PM EDT / CBS/AP Facial recognition identifying jail escapees Facial recognition identifying New Orleans escapees 04:06 Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a...

Ninth Fugitive Arrested in New Orleans from OPSO Inmate Escape
Louisiana State Police New Orleans – Law enforcement agencies continue to work in close coordination to locate and arrest the fugitives who escaped from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility on May 16, 2025. This evening, Detectives from the...

Authorities arrest fugitive who police say posted on social media following New Orleans jailbreak
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities captured on Friday one of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail six weeks ago and who police say released videos on social media while still on the run. State police said Antoine Massey, 33, was...

9th escaped New Orleans inmate captured, sheriff’s office says, one last inmate still at large
By Zoe Sottile, Jason Morris, Ryan Young (CNN) — Antoine Massey, a serial escapee who vanished from a New Orleans jail with nine other inmates just after midnight on May 16, was arrested Friday afternoon in New Orleans, the Orleans Parish...
Louisiana Supreme Court: Ex-wife of former LSU coach gets $8.13M in settlement
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Former LSU head coach “Ed” Orgeron’s ex-wife was awarded $8.13 million of Orgeron’s settlement with the university. The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of Kelly Orgeron. She sued to claim a portion of...

9th escaped New Orleans inmate captured, sheriff’s office says, one last inmate still at large
(CNN) — Antoine Massey, a serial escapee who vanished from a New Orleans jail with nine other inmates just after midnight on May 16, has been apprehended in New Orleans, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said Friday. The last remaining escapee,...

Louisiana the latest to call natural gas green energy
Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this week, even though it’s a fossil fuel that emits planet-warming greenhouse gases. Three other states led by Republicans—...

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Bowling Bash Day in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - In a yearly event in Alexandria, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame celebrated their 2025 induction class with a Celebrity Bowling Bash event. “It’s a lot of fun,” Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame President Ronnie Rantz said....

Ninth prisoner among 10 who broke out of a New Orleans jail has been caught, weeks after he posted on Instagram
Authorities in Louisiana have captured one of the last two remaining fugitives still on the loose after a brazen jailbreak in New Orleans nearly six weeks earlier. Antoine Massey, 32, was arrested Friday at a home in New Orleans, according to the...

Ninth escaped New Orleans inmate has been arrested after 6-week manhunt
Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history. Law enforcement agencies located and arrested 33-year-old Antoine Massey...

Antoine Massey captured six weeks after historic New Orleans jailbreak, state police say
Escaped jail inmate Antoine Massey was arrested Friday in New Orleans after six weeks on the run, Louisiana State Police confirmed. Massey, 33, was the ninth fugitive arrested after 10 inmates at the Orleans Parish lockup broke free and fled,...

First 2025 New Orleans mayoral campaign forum draws packed crowds
The first candidate forum of the New Orleans mayor’s race on Thursday drew a much bigger crowd than its organizers were expecting, with more than 150 people packed into Voters Organized to Educate (VOTE) headquarters in Gert Town. The crowd was so...

Jail escapee Antoine Massey recaptured Friday in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Jail escapee Antoine Massey was recaptured Friday (June 27) in New Orleans, the US Marshals Service announced. Massey was recaptured in the 9400 block of Stroelitz Street in the Hollygrove area, authorities said. A Marshals...

Baton Rouge Schools Put Cameras on Buses to Curb Misbehavior
(TNS) — After going nine years without them, East Baton Rouge Parish public schools are busy installing modern camera systems on almost the entire bus fleet, in time for the Aug. 7 start of school. The cameras will give school officials an...