Last of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured in Georgia, authorities say
Oct 8, 2025, 11:26 AM | Updated: 5:00 pm
FILE - Law enforcement search for a fugitive that escaped a prison in New Orleans, May 21, 2025. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)
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(Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)
ATLANTA (AP) — The only escaped Louisiana inmate who remained on the run following an audacious May jailbreak in which 10 men crawled through a hole behind a toilet has been found in Atlanta, the U.S. Marshals said Wednesday.
Derrick Groves was taken into custody in a house after evading authorities for nearly five months, Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Fair confirmed. Sgt. Kate Stegall, a spokesperson for the Louisiana State Police, also said Groves was in custody after a brief standoff.
The other nine escapees had been recaptured within six weeks of breaking out of a New Orleans jail on May 16, and most were found still in Louisiana.
Groves, 28, had been convicted of murder and was facing a possible life sentence before the jailbreak. He had the most violent criminal record of the escapees and authorities had offered a $50,000 reward for tips that lead to his recapture.
