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11 inmates escape New Orleans jail, considered "armed and dangerous"
CBS News ^ | 5/16/25 | Cara Tabachnick

Posted on 05/16/2025 10:56:25 AM PDT by CFW

Eleven inmates considered "armed and dangerous" escaped a New Orleans jail Friday morning, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said. The inmates were discovered missing during a routine headcount conducted at 8:30 a.m. at the Orleans Parish Jail, according to the sheriff's office. They are believed to have escaped sometime just after midnight.

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said one inmate has since been apprehended in downtown New Orleans through facial recognition, caught by a surveillance camera. Louisiana State Police identified the escapee as Kendall Myles and said Myles tried to flee on foot before being apprehended "without further incident."

The rest of the escapees are believed to be in New Orleans, police said. The Orleans Parish Jail was on lockdown.

"A search for the individuals is currently underway, OPSO is working with local and state law enforcement agencies on the search to return them to custody," the Orleans Parish Sheriff's office said in a statement.

Kirkpatrick said during a news conference that the New Orleans police, including their violent offender warrant squad, the FBI and the U.S. Marshals joined the hunt to find the escaped inmates — all violent offenders being held on the same jail tier. The Louisiana State Police were also searching.

Police were still waiting midday Friday for a complete set of photos of the escaped inmates, Kirkpatrick said. She said they notified some victims of the escapees, several who are facing murder charges or other violent charges. Police removed a family from their homes and took them to safety, Kirkpatrick said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Louisiana
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To: mythenjoseph
Ha, I imagine your neighborhood is a lot like this one...


21 posted on 05/16/2025 11:59:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CFW

Release the hounds!


22 posted on 05/16/2025 11:59:59 AM PDT by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Beowulf9

“I’d love to see New Orleans but that is pretty scary.”

Anecdotally, I’ve heard that any areas out of the French Quarter or Garden District are at best iffy.

But I have to admit that I’ve never been there. I’m sure there are a number of Freepers who know the city much better.


23 posted on 05/16/2025 1:47:54 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: dfwgator

I like. My kind of neighbors.


24 posted on 05/16/2025 2:55:29 PM PDT by BipolarBob (AA told me to quit hanging around drunks. So I quit going to AA, cuz that's where they were.)
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To: CFW

ELEVEN??? Good grief


25 posted on 05/16/2025 3:32:44 PM PDT by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: Persevero
"New Orleans jail escape: What we know about the inmates on the run"

Update on inmates

These aren't lightweights.

Several of the escapees are facing murder or other violent charges.

More info at above link, pics below:

Image

26 posted on 05/16/2025 3:55:38 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

New Orleans jail inmates charged with murder, other crimes make daring escape: ‘Urgent situation’

https://nypost.com/2025/05/16/us-news/11-prisoners-break-out-of-new-orleans-prison-10-still-at-large/


27 posted on 05/16/2025 5:53:26 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Video below explaining how they escaped and showing video of them doing so. Obviously, no one was monitoring the video cameras.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3s4SDOImHc

Three employees have been suspended.


28 posted on 05/16/2025 7:12:58 PM PDT by CFW
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To: V_TWIN

“This is the same incompetent twit that said that animal that ran down people on Bourbon street “got around our barriers”.”

You should have added the part where she said that it was not terrorist-related. ;-)


29 posted on 05/16/2025 9:39:51 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: MplsSteve; Beowulf9

The city is now almost 100% minorities. It is best to avoid that whole area. Everyone with any sense has moved North of Lake Pontchartrain in the small cities up there. People cleared out after Katrina and the city has never recovered.


30 posted on 05/16/2025 9:45:18 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: Round Earther

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The guy is a malignant narcissist.

CC


31 posted on 05/17/2025 8:57:07 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: dfwgator

Looks like any of the areas I have lived in over the past 50 years ! Nice photo, thank you.


32 posted on 05/19/2025 3:45:54 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Thats a good line there!)
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