1 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: A wall street line, shackle change, Oh we someome, girdie, 2 00:00:25,879 --> 00:00:32,240 it's calling my name. There is no mercy and it's 3 00:00:32,359 --> 00:00:41,200 been a tentery juice as the huge stream game Wrangle three. 4 00:00:42,679 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: I'm here be by me to die. 5 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:54,719 Speaker 1: Inside these walls, inside the wild. 6 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:31,719 Speaker 2: And when the girl as I'm hey everyone, and welcome 7 00:01:31,799 --> 00:01:35,280 back to Bloody Angola, a podcast one and forty two 8 00:01:35,359 --> 00:01:40,120 years in the making, the complete story of America's bloodiest prison. 9 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,680 I'm Jim Chapman, and today we're gonna call this episode 10 00:01:45,159 --> 00:01:48,480 man Hunt. The reason for that is if you joined 11 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:53,159 us last week on Bloody Angola major escape in New Orleans, 12 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:56,480 ten prisoners went on the run, I'm gonna give you 13 00:01:56,599 --> 00:01:59,959 an update on that. We're gonna talk about another escape 14 00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:05,680 that took place just a week after this escape in Louisiana. 15 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,039 Unbelievable story there, and even another escape a couple of 16 00:02:10,159 --> 00:02:12,759 states over. So let's get into it, and I'm gonna 17 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,960 refer to some articles today as we move along, and 18 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,080 I'm gonna catch you up first on the New Orleans 19 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,479 prison escape situation. I'm referring to this article in front 20 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,439 of me, and it's headlined arrest mounts for those helping 21 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:32,520 New Orleans prison escapees with two still on the run. 22 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,159 That's right. The last time that I left you, there 23 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,599 were five escapees still on the run. That is now 24 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:42,039 down to two, and all during this time people have 25 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:45,560 been getting arrested for aiding in a betting which I 26 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,639 played you the governor's statement he wouldn't joking around when 27 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,400 he said, if you're helping these folks, you're going down. 28 00:02:51,719 --> 00:02:55,400 And that's exactly what happened for many people. Let's get 29 00:02:55,439 --> 00:02:58,840 into the article. A massive manhunt that began for ten 30 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,840 escapees was down to two on Tuesday, while authorities turn 31 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,840 their attention toward people aiding the inmates who literally broke 32 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,280 out of a New Orleans jail eleven days ago. Louisiana 33 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:15,199 State Police announced Monday that three more escapees had been 34 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:19,599 nabbed in the Louisiana and Texas areas and pledged to 35 00:03:19,759 --> 00:03:23,639 pursue every lead until the two who remain at large 36 00:03:23,719 --> 00:03:27,159 are once again in custody. Police also announced the arrest 37 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,639 of six people accused of aiding the escapee. Quote. Individuals 38 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,360 who choose to assist, conceal, or harbor these fugitives are 39 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,199 violating the law and will be arrested regardless of the 40 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:42,479 level of assistance given or where they are found. That 41 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,560 from Louisiana State Police Sergeant Capes to Gaul. She went 42 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:49,759 on to say, harboring fugitives threatens the safety of our 43 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,840 communities and it will not be tolerated. The latest inmates 44 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,599 to be recaptured were Lenton van Buren twenty six, who 45 00:03:57,719 --> 00:04:00,719 was taken into custody in Baton Ridge, Louisiana by local 46 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,560 police there, and Leo Tate, who is thirty one, as 47 00:04:04,639 --> 00:04:06,840 well as Jermaine Donald forty two. 48 00:04:07,039 --> 00:04:07,199 Speaker 1: Now. 49 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,439 Speaker 2: The latter two were arrested in Walker County, Texas by 50 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,360 the Texas Department of Public Safety. And look, there is 51 00:04:14,439 --> 00:04:17,120 a lot of video out there from the car chase 52 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,600 that ensued to catch these guys. I suggest you go 53 00:04:20,879 --> 00:04:23,839 check that out if you're arrested. All three of these 54 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:28,959 individuals are expected to face additional charges related to escape quote. 55 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,160 This is a clear example of how effective collaboration and 56 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:39,319 open communication between agencies can lead to successful outcomes. That 57 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,360 also from the State Police spokesman. Six more have been 58 00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:49,720 accused of eighty escapees. At least thirteen people have been arrested, 59 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,120 including an inmate who did not flee for collaborating with 60 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:59,560 the escapees. Six arrest were announced Monday, including Diamond White 61 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:04,839 on charges that include principal to aggravated escape and obstruction 62 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,519 of justice for helping Antoine Massey. According to state police, 63 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,439 and we'll get into him a little bit more later. 64 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:19,120 Antoine Massey remains at large. Other announced Monday include Lenika 65 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:24,000 Van Buren twenty eight, Taysha Randolph twenty seven, Patricia Van 66 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,680 Buren eighteen, Angel McKay forty one, and Lenton Van Buren Senior, 67 00:05:29,759 --> 00:05:34,279 who is forty eight, all charges of accessory after the fact, 68 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,879 accused of aiding Van Buren. All were booked into the 69 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,600 Plackaman's Parish jail. Trayvon Williams, an inmate who did not escape, 70 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:46,560 was charged with ten counts of being principled to simple escape. 71 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,240 That from Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrell. The same day, 72 00:05:51,519 --> 00:05:55,319 New Orleans Police Department said it arrested Emmitt Weber on 73 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:59,000 a charge of accessory after the fact too simple escape. 74 00:05:59,079 --> 00:06:01,439 Weber was one of four more were people questioned after 75 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,439 investigators comb through surveillance footage connecting crucial dots in the 76 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:11,160 search quote, as I promise we initiated our investigation and 77 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:15,279 we will hold absolutely everyone who contributed any role to 78 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,959 the prison break in New Orleans accountable. That from Liz Murrell. 79 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:22,519 Others arrested in connection with the prison escape include jail 80 00:06:22,639 --> 00:06:26,800 maintenance workers Sterling Williams who is thirty three, Casey Smith, 81 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:33,480 Connie Whedon, Courteeny Harris, and Corvona Te Baptiste Smith. They 82 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:36,639 are all women and they are accused of being contact 83 00:06:36,759 --> 00:06:40,680 with and helping the escapees. Sterling Williams is charged with 84 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,519 being a principal to simple escape and malfeasance in office. 85 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,120 Muriell said. Williams admitted that he complied with the demand 86 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,439 from one of the inmates to shut off water and 87 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,720 miss Sell and of course I told you about that 88 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,399 last week now. Michael Kennedy, a lawyer for Stirling Williams, 89 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,360 said that his client argues he didn't know the men 90 00:07:00,519 --> 00:07:04,800 were planning to escape and shut off the water because 91 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,800 an inmate had clogged a toilet, and of course he 92 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,360 changed that story. Initially he was threatened to turn off 93 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:14,720 the water, threaten to get Shanks, specifically Van Bieren, who 94 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,920 has been in custody on second degree murder in connection 95 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,720 with the twenty twenty one fatal shooting was caught with 96 00:07:20,879 --> 00:07:23,000 the help of the tip from the public. He was 97 00:07:23,079 --> 00:07:26,360 apprehended while sitting on a bench near a department store 98 00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:29,040 in the city of Baton Rouge. Donald and Tate were 99 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,720 arrested the same day in Huntsville, Texas, after leading law 100 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,160 enforcement officers from several agencies on a high speed chase. Donald, 101 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,680 who before the escape, was being held on charges that 102 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:44,079 included second degree murder, now faces additional charges of escape 103 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,600 and resisting. Tate, who had been held on burglary and 104 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:52,680 obstruction charges, must now face aggravated escape and escape from 105 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,319 custody charges. And then the article gets into what prison 106 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,720 escape ease are still on the run, and of course 107 00:07:58,839 --> 00:08:02,439 the search continued for Massey, who is thirty two, and 108 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,120 Derrick Groves, who is twenty seven. Massy is charged with 109 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:10,839 domestic abuse involving strangulation and theft of a motor vehicle. 110 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,000 There is also a warrant for his arrest in Saint 111 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,199 Tammany Parish for second degree rape, second degree kidnapping, domestic 112 00:08:18,319 --> 00:08:23,199 abuse involving strangulation, and violation of a protective order involving 113 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,720 battery stemming from an incident in November. Groves was convicted 114 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,439 of two counts of second degree murder in two counts 115 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,720 of attempted second degree murder in October in connection with 116 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:37,639 a shooting during Marty Gras in twenty eighteen. Groves has 117 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,960 been awaiting sentencing on manslaughter charges since October. Then it 118 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,120 goes into how they escaped. Of course I told you 119 00:08:45,279 --> 00:08:48,200 about that, and it's interesting that it notes a twenty 120 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:52,279 thousand dollars reward per inmate leading to information for the 121 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:55,159 arrest and the inmate that was caught in Baton Rouge 122 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,639 sitting on that bench. Someone called in a tip that 123 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,919 they never claimed the twenty grand at least not yet. 124 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:05,360 Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams said he's worried about the 125 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,559 safety of his staff. He said the escape appears to 126 00:09:08,639 --> 00:09:11,399 be an inside job and that he is very concerned 127 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,440 for the safety of his staff. He said he's especially 128 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:18,120 worried for two colleagues who tried the second degree murder case. 129 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:21,000 He in his Groves one of the two remaining escapees, 130 00:09:21,039 --> 00:09:22,679 and of course I told you that was a big 131 00:09:22,879 --> 00:09:25,919 risk with them being out, is they may try to 132 00:09:26,039 --> 00:09:29,879 start giving people payback. In their mind, the two colleagues 133 00:09:29,919 --> 00:09:32,960 have left the state for their safety. According to District 134 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,120 Attorney Jason Williams, he would not say whether his office 135 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:40,600 has received any credible threats. Quote, they're young, They've got families, 136 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,960 and they don't deserve to be in a situation. Some 137 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:48,159 victims and witnesses in the cases against escapees also wanted 138 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,200 to be relocated. William said he worries the dangers following 139 00:09:52,279 --> 00:09:56,159 the escape will chill people's willingness to testify and serve 140 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,679 on juries in other cases, and he has legitimate gripe 141 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,840 there now. As more news began to come out, another 142 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:08,960 article was released and it headlined a promising tip thiszles 143 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:11,519 as the main hunt for a convicted killer in a 144 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,440 chronic escapee intensifies. A double murder and repeat escapee have 145 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,919 a vaded capture for rom as two weeks, leading authorities 146 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,519 to believe the fugitives could be anywhere in the United States. 147 00:10:23,759 --> 00:10:27,360 As of Wednesday morning, Antwine Massey and Derrick Groves were 148 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,480 still on the run, twelve days after they and eight 149 00:10:30,559 --> 00:10:34,200 other inmates broke out of the Orleans Justice Center in 150 00:10:34,279 --> 00:10:37,799 New Orleans. The eight other fugitives have been caught, mostly 151 00:10:37,879 --> 00:10:40,320 in New Orleans, but two of the most recent arrest 152 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,879 happened in Texas. Now several states are involved in the 153 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,759 main hunt for Massy and Groves. And just to catch 154 00:10:46,799 --> 00:10:49,600 you up on where these eight escapees have been caught. 155 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:53,960 The Keenan Dennis was captured in New Orleans on May sixteenth, 156 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,759 the same day Robert Moody was captured, and the same 157 00:10:57,879 --> 00:11:01,080 day Kendall Miles was captured. They were all caught in 158 00:11:01,159 --> 00:11:05,279 New Orleans. Gary Price was captured three days later on 159 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:10,519 May nineteenth in New Orleans. Corey Boyd captured the following day, 160 00:11:10,639 --> 00:11:14,879 May twentieth in New Orleans. Jermaine Donald was captured in 161 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:20,080 Walker County, Texas, as was Leo Taate Senior. They were together. 162 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:23,200 They led police on a chase. This was on May 163 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:27,120 twenty six, so they actually got across state lines. Lenon 164 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,399 van Gearn Junior was captured in Baton Rouge, sitting on 165 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:34,440 that bench in front of that store. That was also 166 00:11:34,639 --> 00:11:37,159 on May twenty six. And of course Derrick Groves and 167 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:40,080 Antoine Massey's still at large. And look, they have people 168 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,559 out there right now taking bats on who's gonna get 169 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,720 caught first, On who's gonna get caught last because eventually 170 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,480 they'll get caught, and may take time, may take years, 171 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,480 but eventually they will get caught. Now continue on with 172 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,799 this article. Quote, we are currently at an impass on 173 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,360 figuring out where these two are, Deputy US Marshall Brian 174 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,480 Fair said, and you definitely don't want to hear somebody's 175 00:12:04,519 --> 00:12:09,200 in an impass when looking for escape fugitives. Quote. They 176 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,799 could be here locally or anywhere in the United States. 177 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,159 At this point, more staff members from the US Marshall 178 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,519 Service have joined in the manhunt as the search grows, 179 00:12:20,879 --> 00:12:24,679 and it's getting more methodical. According to the US Marshals, 180 00:12:24,799 --> 00:12:28,039 the vehicle that two of the escapees, Tate and Donald, 181 00:12:28,159 --> 00:12:32,000 who were captured in Texas, was rented in New Orleans 182 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,720 and driven to Texas. That from Attorney General Liz Murrel, 183 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:40,039 the two remaining escapees could also be outside of Louisiana, 184 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,120 she said, quote, they absolutely could be moving into other areas. 185 00:12:44,279 --> 00:12:48,919 I alerted my colleagues in surrounding states immediately after the 186 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,639 jail break to be on the alert and to notify 187 00:12:51,799 --> 00:12:55,639 their law enforcement partners that these individuals could be coming 188 00:12:55,759 --> 00:12:58,960 to their state. A glimmer of hope emerged Tuesday, when 189 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,799 someone reported a possible sighting of Massy. This was at 190 00:13:02,919 --> 00:13:06,399 eight thirty am in Natche's, Mississippi. And y'all, Massy is 191 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,279 not someone who can really blend in because he has 192 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,879 a bunch of face tattoos, So keep that in mind. 193 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,440 And Natchez incidentally is right across the Louisiana state line, 194 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,120 about one hundred and thirty five miles from New Orleans. 195 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,000 It's in Mississippi. But Tuesday night, that hope faded quote, 196 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,039 we do not believe that the suspect is in our area. 197 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:33,080 That from Adams County, Mississippi Sheriff Travis Patten. That's not 198 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,559 to say he wasn't here, but we are saying he 199 00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:40,080 is not here now. Authorities in Natchez used a lot 200 00:13:40,159 --> 00:13:44,600 of manpower to search the area for the escapees, including helicopters, 201 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:50,120 police dogs, drones, and video surveillance. And that's something really interesting. Look, 202 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,600 these escapes that occur down they usually don't go more 203 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,879 than a couple of days because of technology. It's really 204 00:13:57,279 --> 00:14:01,240 shocking these guys have been able to remain on the 205 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,480 run for two weeks. Now. Then it gets into who 206 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,559 Massy is and he's actually a fugitive who has a habit, 207 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,200 if you will, of escaping. He was most recently charged 208 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,759 with a vehicle theft and domestic abuse involving strangulation, but 209 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,279 the thirty two year old does have a long track 210 00:14:19,399 --> 00:14:22,679 record of escaping custody. In two thousand and seven, he 211 00:14:22,799 --> 00:14:25,879 broke out of a New Orleans juvenile detention center after 212 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:30,039 being arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and aggravated assault. 213 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,960 A broken lock at that detention center allowed Massey, who 214 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:39,000 was then fifteen, and five other juveniles who access metal shackles, 215 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,919 which they used to shadow or window and escape. Massy 216 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,559 stayed on the run for more than two weeks before 217 00:14:45,639 --> 00:14:49,679 authorities found him on an interstate in East New Orleans, mass. 218 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,919 He has also cut off electronic ankle monitors twice that 219 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,320 from Matt Dennis, an employee with the company who operates 220 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,879 those monitors. Court records from late twenty twenty three, said 221 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,840 Massy had tampered and or removed quote ordered GPS monitors. 222 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,720 Dennis said he was astonished that someone with Massy's escape 223 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,440 history was being held on the first floor of a 224 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,200 New Orleans jail, a floor that had defective door locks. 225 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,639 Quote there isn't an ounce in this man's history that 226 00:15:19,799 --> 00:15:23,600 doesn't scream escape. Groves was found to be one of 227 00:15:23,639 --> 00:15:26,399 the gunmen who opened fire with an AK forty seven 228 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,679 style rifle on what should have been a joyous, Mighty 229 00:15:29,759 --> 00:15:34,399 grass gathering. The DA's office said Groves was found guilty 230 00:15:34,519 --> 00:15:37,399 of two counts of second degree murder and two counts 231 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,679 of attempted second degree murder, both charges that carry a 232 00:15:40,799 --> 00:15:46,559 life sentence, so he has absolutely nothing to lose by escaping. 233 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,279 Authorities have had a lot of leads and are getting 234 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,120 tips from the community. District Attorney of New Orleans, Jason 235 00:15:53,159 --> 00:15:56,879 Williams said Tuesday, quote, it's vitally important that we catch 236 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,879 these fugitives, whether it's in Arkansas, whether it's a Louisiana. 237 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,759 But it's also critically important we know how they got 238 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,360 out and who helped them get out, and we can't 239 00:16:06,399 --> 00:16:10,279 wait until they're in custody to do that. My office, 240 00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:14,559 the digital forensics team, everyone has been gowering through hours 241 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,039 and hours of jail calls using some AI software to 242 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,840 figure out who they were in contact with in the 243 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,600 night and hours before the escape. Their circle is tightening 244 00:16:24,799 --> 00:16:28,759 as people who are assisting are being arrested, and authorities 245 00:16:28,799 --> 00:16:32,759 are chasing down leads trying to identify other associates of 246 00:16:33,039 --> 00:16:37,000 escapees in neighboring states. Those arrested in connection with helping 247 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:43,240 the inmates include relatives and romantic partners. And then, as 248 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,960 of just a few hours before this recording, they increase 249 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:51,519 that twenty thousand dollars reward offer to fifty thousand dollars 250 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:55,440 for tips leading to the capture of the two remaining 251 00:16:55,559 --> 00:17:01,159 fugitives in that New Orleans escape one thousand dollars. Dozen't 252 00:17:01,559 --> 00:17:04,359 entice you fifty thousand shit, and I'll tell you what, 253 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,799 a lot of people would write your ass out for 254 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:11,039 fifty g's. So these guys probably are going to get 255 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,359 caught sooner rather than later. Now all this is going down, 256 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,880 it's been big news for the last two weeks. You 257 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,880 would think every other prison in the state of Louisiana 258 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,160 would be on high alert. Right watch your prisoners. We 259 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,240 don't want to be in that position. Well. A Louisiana 260 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,200 jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a 261 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:36,400 year ago has accomplished the same feat again, according to authorities. 262 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:42,119 Trayvon Johnson, nineteen made his latest escape this was last 263 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,640 Thursday from a Tangibahoe Parish jail, which has a history 264 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:50,960 of jail breaks involving a half dozen inmates in recent years. 265 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,039 Johnson had been awaiting trial for his alleged role in 266 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,000 a home invasion that left a man killed and a 267 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,279 child injured. Authorities said they became suspicious when a member 268 00:18:01,319 --> 00:18:04,759 of the public called the Sheriff's office shortly before ten 269 00:18:04,839 --> 00:18:09,119 pm Thursday, asking whether Johnson was still in custody. Quote 270 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,839 Following an immediate headcount of the jail population and a 271 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,799 review of Johnson's movements throughout the day, was determined he 272 00:18:17,079 --> 00:18:20,839 escaped around four point thirty pm, when another inmate helped 273 00:18:21,079 --> 00:18:25,039 lift him over the perimeter fence. Law enforcement officers are 274 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,160 now searching for Johnson and also contacting victims and reaching 275 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,640 out to Johnson's relatives and associates. In the summer of 276 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,680 twenty twenty four, Johnson was among a group of four 277 00:18:35,799 --> 00:18:40,119 inmates who escaped from the same jail over Memorial Day weekend, 278 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,359 crawling under a gap in a wall and then scaling 279 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,640 two razor wire fences. Three of those escape ease, including Johnson, 280 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,799 were captured within days, but it took six months to 281 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:57,599 apprehend the fourth fugitive. Manpower shortages, inadequate staff training and experience, 282 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:01,039 as well as a lack of supervision and insufficient head 283 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:05,039 counts contributed to the escape last year, authority said at 284 00:19:05,079 --> 00:19:08,279 the time. In twenty seventeen, two brothers being held on 285 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,920 charges that included attempted murder escape from the jail's exercise yard. 286 00:19:13,039 --> 00:19:16,839 They were recaptured the next day in Tanja Peho Pairish 287 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,880 Jail and amt Is about seventy five miles from New Orleans. 288 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,559 The latest jail break comes as state and federal officers 289 00:19:24,599 --> 00:19:27,559 continue hunting for five of the ten inmates, and of 290 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,119 course when he escaped, there were still five on the 291 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,400 lease from New Orleans. But that blew my mind. Now 292 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:38,039 a little update, an article came out saying officials in 293 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,359 Louisiana weren't aware the inmate was missing until a tipster 294 00:19:42,519 --> 00:19:45,920 called them. Authorities in Louisiana who were looking for an 295 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,319 inmate who escaped jail for the second time in a 296 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,039 year after a member of the public tipped them off. Thursday. 297 00:19:52,279 --> 00:19:56,039 Trayvon Johnson was awaiting trial in Tanji Pearish Jail for 298 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,119 his alleged role in a twenty twenty two Hammond area 299 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,920 home invasion where a man was killed his child was injured. 300 00:20:03,079 --> 00:20:06,680 And incidentally, they did correct his age here it said 301 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,240 he was nineteen in the first article. They corrected that 302 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,720 he is twenty two. The Sheriff's office set it received 303 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,400 a call just before ten pm on Thursday from a 304 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,720 member of the public asking if Johnson was still in custody. 305 00:20:18,799 --> 00:20:22,880 Could you imagine that call? The person did not identify themselves. 306 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,960 According to Sheriff Gerald Sticker, following an immediate head count 307 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:29,599 and a review of his movements, it was determined that 308 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,000 he escaped. I told you all about that already. It 309 00:20:33,079 --> 00:20:36,000 set around four fifteen pm. There was an incident at 310 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:38,599 the dorm in the jail where an inmate flooded a 311 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,000 cell by stopping up a shower. As a result, a 312 00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:44,759 deputy was dispatched to the back with a crew of 313 00:20:44,839 --> 00:20:47,880 trustees to clean that water out of the dorm. While 314 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,480 they were doing so, they opened the back door to 315 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:53,559 the jail that leads into the yard, adding that the 316 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,759 door to the dorm was left open for about one minute. 317 00:20:57,079 --> 00:20:59,960 A deputy who realized the back door was open, closed, 318 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:05,000 but not before two individuals Johnson and another inmate, Trayvon Wallace, 319 00:21:05,079 --> 00:21:08,440 were able to get out. Wallace was found by an 320 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,680 exterior door when deputies went to make sure it was shut. 321 00:21:12,279 --> 00:21:14,559 He was escorted back to his cell, but a head 322 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,039 count was not done at the time and the incident 323 00:21:17,279 --> 00:21:20,000 was not reported up the chain of command. That's a 324 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:23,160 big no note. An official count done around two hours 325 00:21:23,279 --> 00:21:26,920 later determined that all inmates were accounted for, but upon 326 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:31,599 reviewing surveillance video, jail staff did not do a proper count. Quote. 327 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,759 We have policies in place for this. We have procedures 328 00:21:34,799 --> 00:21:37,480 in place that dictate the amount of accounts were supposed 329 00:21:37,519 --> 00:21:41,359 to do per day. So that's another opportunity missed that. 330 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:45,400 According to the sheriff, surveillance video outside the yard showed 331 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:49,279 Johnson scaling the back fence while Wallace, who was underneath him, 332 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,079 gave him a boost. For whatever reason, he couldn't get 333 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:53,960 over the fence on his own, or he was just 334 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,720 there to help the first individual get over that fence. 335 00:21:56,799 --> 00:21:59,240 He returned back to the jail and that's where our 336 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,440 deputies intercepted him. Wallace has been charged with simple escape 337 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,880 and principal to help someone escape. Johnson had been entered 338 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,480 into the National Crime Information Center as an escapee. This 339 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,319 is Johnson's second escape from the jail in a year. 340 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,640 He was also one of foreignmates who broke out of 341 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,319 the facility a year ago this month. And of course 342 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,079 I told you about that. Johnson is five feet five, 343 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,960 weighs one hundred and twenty five pounds and is from 344 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:32,640 the Tickfall area. Anyone who sees Johnson needs to call police, 345 00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:37,079 et cetera. Now four people have been placed on administrative leave. 346 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,680 I bet they have regarding that incident. Johnson's escape isn't 347 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,279 the only prison break that has plagued Louise end of 348 00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:46,480 this week, and of course they go into the New 349 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,599 Orleans escape and then this article came out. The tangebaho 350 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,000 A Paaris Sheriff's office has confirmed that Trayvon Johnson, the 351 00:22:54,079 --> 00:22:57,400 twenty two year old accused murderer who escaped Thursday May 352 00:22:57,519 --> 00:23:00,599 twenty second from the parish jail for the second time, 353 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:06,079 has been recaptured. Johnson was apprehended in a meet Louisiana, 354 00:23:06,279 --> 00:23:09,599 beginning an end to a multi agency man hunt that 355 00:23:09,759 --> 00:23:13,079 began with his disappearance from a jail that went undetected 356 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,000 for nearly six hours. Authority say Johnson fled the jail 357 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,079 Thursday at four point thirty pm, assisted by another inmate 358 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,240 who helped him scale the perimeter fence. Surveillance footage received 359 00:23:25,519 --> 00:23:29,240 later showed Johnson jumping over the outer gate just after 360 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,319 the dorm doors opened and closed, a sequence triggered by 361 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,960 a toilet being flooded. Stickers said staff found Wallace and 362 00:23:37,079 --> 00:23:39,680 returned him to his cell, but did not notify a 363 00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:44,599 leadership nor initiate a head gown. According to the timeline 364 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,599 provided by the Sheriff's office, staff failed to notice his 365 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:51,000 absence until six PM, when a head count was logged. 366 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,599 The escape was only confirmed after nine PM, when someone 367 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,920 called the jail to ask about Johnson's custody status. Now 368 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,599 imagine if someone wouldn't have called that jail, he could 369 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,799 have went twenty four hours without anybody knowing. Internal notification 370 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,839 and mobilization began at nine to fifty six pm, and 371 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,680 the public was alerted nearly two hours later at eleven 372 00:24:11,799 --> 00:24:15,400 fifty four pm. That's too long for a escaped murderer, 373 00:24:15,599 --> 00:24:19,440 in my opinion. In a news conference, Sticker apologized to 374 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:24,200 the community and Johnson's victims. He said four jail employees 375 00:24:24,279 --> 00:24:27,279 are on administrative leave, and the escape is not believed 376 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,519 to be an inside job. Johnson, who is from Tickfall, 377 00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:33,400 is a waiting trial on the twenty twenty two ham 378 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:35,759 And home invasion, in which a father was shot and 379 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,759 killed and his twelve year old daughter was critically wounded. 380 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,200 He was previously involved in another jail break in May 381 00:24:42,279 --> 00:24:45,519 of twenty twenty four, when he and three others Amaron Hook, 382 00:24:45,599 --> 00:24:49,720 Finn Aver Gidry and JaMarcus Ciprion, escaped the same jail. 383 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,640 Johnson was later found hiding in a dumpster behind a 384 00:24:52,839 --> 00:24:56,519 Dollar General store outside of Ham In Louisiana, which y'all 385 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,920 is in the same area at the time. He was 386 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,240 recaptured along on Gidry. Now, following that twenty twenty four escape, 387 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,799 newly elected Sheriff Gerald Sticker vowed to reform jail operations. 388 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,960 He forced out then warden Jerry Martin, who had been 389 00:25:11,079 --> 00:25:15,720 hired under former Sheriff Daniel Edwards. Martin's tenure was plagued 390 00:25:15,759 --> 00:25:19,799 by discipline issues, and an investigation by a news source 391 00:25:20,079 --> 00:25:23,599 revealed he had been fired from Orleans Paris Sheriff's office 392 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,519 in twenty twenty two following multiple suspensions, including one for 393 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,279 threatening to kill an inmate. Now, Sheriff Sticker has placed 394 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,400 four current jail employees on administrative leave as the department 395 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,519 investigates how Johnson was able to escape again and how 396 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,799 the delay happened, and then it goes into this is 397 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,920 all During the New Orleans escapees were being sought as well. 398 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,960 In the last article I'm going to go to on 399 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,400 this one says additional arrest and Tangy Jel escape alleged 400 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:57,599 broader conspiracy. Two additional people have been arrested in connection 401 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:02,880 with last Friday's Jeil escape by suspect Trayvon Johnson. Johnson 402 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,640 was taken into custody Friday in Bennett Road area near 403 00:26:06,759 --> 00:26:09,440 a meet after being on the run for around twenty 404 00:26:09,519 --> 00:26:14,599 four hours. He was taken by helicopter to Angola, Bloody, Angola, 405 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,240 where he will remain in custody pending his trial for 406 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,559 a twenty twenty two Hammid area home invasion. Damien Booth 407 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,000 thirty seven was arrested alongside Johnson and booked on charges 408 00:26:27,079 --> 00:26:32,039 to principle too simple escape and aggravated escape. Trayvon Wallace 409 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,039 twenty eight helped Johnson scale the perimeter fence and I 410 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,960 went into exactly how that worked. So almost in all 411 00:26:40,039 --> 00:26:44,599 these cases, you've got something helping these guys. Now, thankfully, 412 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,559 he's back in custody, still to being sought out of 413 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,319 the ten that escaped Orleans jail, and I came across 414 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,359 another escape and this one's really disturbing. This guy is 415 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:01,480 dangerous and a manhunt is still continual for a guy 416 00:27:01,559 --> 00:27:05,720 out of Arkansas. This guy was a former Arkansas police chief. 417 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:10,359 His name is Grant Harden. They actually had a series done, 418 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,119 I think it was on Netflix regarding this guy. But 419 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:17,039 he's serving a thirty year sentence for murder and rape 420 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,640 and they are now in their fourth day of trying 421 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,440 to find him. Grant Harden, who is fifty six, has 422 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,880 been in present since twenty seventeen on first Green murder 423 00:27:26,039 --> 00:27:30,440 and rape charges. He escaped the Calico Rock North Central 424 00:27:30,559 --> 00:27:34,079 unit on Sunday at approximately two point fifty pm. And 425 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,000 keep in mind this guy's a former police chief. Harden 426 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,359 escaped custody through a sally port by impersonating a corrections 427 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:46,240 officer quote in dress and manner, which caused another corrections 428 00:27:46,279 --> 00:27:49,680 officer operating the security gate to open the gate and 429 00:27:49,759 --> 00:27:52,480 allow him to walk right out a fucking front door. 430 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,240 Official said during a press conference on Wednesday that Harden 431 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,440 was not wearing an official uniform from the Department of 432 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,839 Correction and it had to have been homemade or brought 433 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:07,240 in somehow. Surveillance footage showed Harden pulling a cart, which 434 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:11,240 was found abandoned outside the gates of the prison. He 435 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,400 remains at large as of this recording, with official saying 436 00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:18,279 during a press conference they're confident that he is still 437 00:28:18,319 --> 00:28:21,839 in the area of the prison. Officials said citizens in 438 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:26,200 Iszard County and surrounding county should stay vigilant, lock your house, 439 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:30,480 your doors, and report any suspicious activity. In The US 440 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,319 Marshals are also assisting in the search efforts. Stone County 441 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,519 Sheriff Brandon Long said, quote, I am very scared this 442 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,240 guy is going to hurt or kill somebody before this 443 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,720 is over with. Harden, who was a former police chief 444 00:28:44,839 --> 00:28:48,240 in Gateway, Arkansas, worked in the prison kitchen, but it's 445 00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:51,559 unclear whether his job involved any access to the sally 446 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,640 port he used to escape. He has had no significant 447 00:28:55,759 --> 00:28:58,599 disciplinary issues during his time at the prison, and there's 448 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,160 no reason to believe anyone aided him. Prison official say. 449 00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:06,039 Nathan Smith, the former Benton County prosecutor who helped put 450 00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:10,160 him behind bars, said the escaped inmate is associopath quote, 451 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,200 he has no moral core or center that would prevent 452 00:29:13,359 --> 00:29:18,319 him from doing anything to anyone hard misconsidered extremely dangerous 453 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,000 and should not be approached. And look, this is some 454 00:29:21,119 --> 00:29:26,039 pretty rough terrain in that area of Arkansas, and they're struggling, 455 00:29:26,319 --> 00:29:31,359 especially having days of rain hit them recently, to locate 456 00:29:31,519 --> 00:29:34,559 this guy. They said, the search is just really being hindered. 457 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:39,160 Of course, they are continuing to conduct roadblocks near the prison, 458 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,519 et cetera, and checkpoints to see if he's got a vehicle. 459 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,880 But very dangerous individual. He pleaded guilty in October twenty 460 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,960 seventeen to the first degree murder in the shooting death 461 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,599 of a fifty nine year old by the name of 462 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:58,839 James Appleton, and was also convicted of a nineteen ninety 463 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:03,160 seven rape of an the elementary school teacher in Rogers, Arkansas. 464 00:30:03,359 --> 00:30:07,720 That particular crime was highlighted in a documentary called Devil 465 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,920 in the Ozarks. Dude still on the lease, And I 466 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,039 bring that up because this doesn't only happen in the 467 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:17,920 state of Louisiana. These escapes lately. It seems like every 468 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:21,200 state that I've looked at is have problems with escape, 469 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:23,920 so keep your eyes peeled. I wanted to bring you 470 00:30:24,039 --> 00:30:26,519 an update on what we talked about last week with 471 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,559 the Orleans escaped inmates and also give you updates on 472 00:30:30,839 --> 00:30:34,720 the Tangible Hoo escape inmate and this crazy sum bitch 473 00:30:34,839 --> 00:30:39,240 that escaped from Arkansas. Thank you so much for listening, supporting. 474 00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:42,720 Check out the Patreon commercial, free early releases, and more 475 00:30:43,079 --> 00:30:46,960 at patreon dot com. 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