UPDATE:
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) – Authorities do not think a New Orleans jail escapee is in the Natchez area.
The Natchez Democrat reported that multiple law enforcement agencies searched the area near Providence Road on Tuesday for hours. They were looking for Antoine Massey.
“We do not believe that the suspect is in our area. That’s not to say he wasn’t here, but we are saying he is not here now,” Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten told the newspaper.
Residents are asked to be vigilant and to contact 911 or Crime Stoppers at 888-442-5001 if the escapee is seen in the area.
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WJTV) – Law enforcement agencies are searching for a New Orleans jail escapee in the Natchez area.
Natchez Police Chief Cal Green said authorities received a tip that the escapee was spotted near the Providence Road area. Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching the area for the escapee, who was identified as Antoine Massey.
The bold New Orleans jailbreak occurred nearly two weeks ago, when the inmates yanked open a faulty cell door inside a jail, squeezed through a hole behind a toilet, scaled a barbed-wire fence and fled into the cover of darkness.
Authorities didn’t learn of the escape until a morning headcount, hours after the 10 men bolted for freedom. Graffiti was left on the wall at the scene of the crime, a message that read “To Easy LoL,” with an arrow pointing to the gap where the toilet once was.
City and state officials have pointed to multiple security lapses in the jail.
Eight of the 10 escapees have been located and transferred to a state correctional facility. Still on the lam are Derrick Groves and Massey.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.