ATLANTA — Authorities arrested the last of 10 inmates who escaped a Louisiana jail in May on Wednesday afternoon.
Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Derrick Groves, 28, was involved in a standoff in Atlanta.
NewsChopper 2 flew over a standoff on Honeysuckle Lane near Campbellton Road. The front door of the home had been broken down and the garage door was destroyed.
Investigators told Channel 2’s Tom Jones that they found Groves in a crawl space underneath the home.
The latest developments as Groves appears in court on Thursday, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4:00 p.m.
Jones was the only reported who got video of a handcuffed Groves being placed into a police car and taken away.
As he was being driven off, he screamed at the Channel 2 Action News camera on scene that he was sorry and didn’t want to go back to prison.
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Jones spoke with the homeowner, Richard McQueen, who said he didn’t know the tenants living in the home.
“I mean, I don’t know what was going on,” McQueen said. “I’m like you, speechless.”
He said the people living in the home were always quiet and he only stopped by to collect the rent.
McQueen added that he’s concerned about who will be responsible for paying for the damage caused on Wednesday.
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In May, officials at the Orleans Justice Center discovered 10 inmates were missing after a routine head count, and began a manhunt for them.
They got out of the jail by opening a faulty cell door, moving a toilet and squeezing out of the hole.
Over the next several months, all but Groves were captured and taken back into custody.
In 2018, Groves fatally shot two people during Mardi Gras and was convicted of murder in October 2024.
He was also jailed on three counts of attempted second-degree murder.
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