The last of 10 prisoners who escaped nearly five months ago from a New Orleans jail has been captured at a home in Atlanta, according to the US Marshals.
Derrick Groves, who had been on the run since May 16 after breaking out of the Orleans Justice Center with nine other inmates, was captured Wednesday in Southwest Atlanta after a standoff with Atlanta Police and US Marshals, Deputy US Marshal Brian Fair said.
A tip called in to Crimestoppers Greater New Orleans, along with follow-up investigative work, ultimately led to Groves’ arrest in Atlanta, Fair said.
“It took almost three hours to locate him in the house. Gas had to be deployed into the house multiple times by (the) Atlanta Police Department’s SWAT team, and he was ultimately located hidin
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