ATLANTA — An escaped inmate and convicted murderer who was arrested in Atlanta will not fight extradition to Louisiana.
Derrick Groves, 28, waived his right to extradition during a court hearing in Fulton County on Thursday.
“I want to return where I am from,” he told the judge.
The timeline for when Louisiana investigators have to pick him up in Atlanta, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4:00 p.m.
Groves had been on the run since May when he and nine other inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Prison. The manhunt for Groves came to an end Wednesday during a standoff at a home on Honeysuckle Lane in southwest Atlanta.
Channel 2’s Tom Jones learned that Groves was found hiding in a crawl space. Jones captured video for Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m. that showed police escorting Groves out of the home and putting him into a patrol car.
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Those who live in the neighborhood told Jones they had no idea that he was in the home. It also came as a surprise to the man who owns the property.
“They was quiet. When I went... I was just getting the rent,” Richard McQueen said on Channel 2 Action News at 6:00 p.m.
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