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9 New Orleans inmates who broke out of jail plead not guilty to escape charges

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, JUL 23 – Nine inmates arrested after a May 16 breakout pleaded not guilty to simple and aggravated escape charges and are held without bond at Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorities said.

  • On Wednesday, nine recaptured inmates who escaped on May 16 are arraigned before Judge Leon Roche at the Orleans Criminal District Court.
  • Surveillance footage captured the inmates cutting through a toilet and sprinting out via a maintenance tunnel after breaching a cell door.
  • On June 30, authorities charged the nine with simple and aggravated escape, punishable by two to five years, while Derrick Groves remains on the run.
  • All nine recaptured inmates pled not guilty and are held without bond at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, while Prosecutors called him `the walking definition of a flight risk`.
  • The next court date is Sept. 3, and the escape has prompted investigations by the FBI, state police and U.S. Marshals, with a $50,000 reward offered.
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Nine men accused of escaping from a New Orleans City prison in May, after sliding through a hole behind a toilet and climbing a barbed wire fence, pleaded innocent of the escape charges on Wednesday.

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9 New Orleans inmates who broke out of jail plead not guilty to escape charges

Nine of the 10 men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence have pleaded not guilty to escape charges.

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WDSU broke the news in New Orleans, United States on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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