US authorities offer a reward of up to $ 50,000 for each of the two detainees that are still fleeing after escaping from a New Orleans prison.
Greater New Orleans Chromestoppers and New Orleans FBI announced this Thursday, May 29 at a press conference, each offered $ 20,000 per detainee. The alcohol, tobacco office, firearms and explosives offers a reward of $ 10,000 per detainee.
“We should soon have them in detention”
Since then, eight of the ten detainees who escaped from the New Orleans Justice Center on May 16 have been captured since then. Antoine Massey and Derick Groves are still fleeing, confirms NBC News.
The two fugitives are considered extremely dangerous, Antoine Massey is sought for violation, kidnapping and aggression, while Derrick Groves was declared guilty of murder and is involved in four cases of homicides in New Orleans.
“Today marks on the 13th of our research for the escape Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves, and we want you to know we will find them,” said Jonathan Tapp, a special FBI agent in New Orleans.
The police superintendent of the state of Louisiana, Colonel Robert P. Hodges, said the investigation was effectively progressing.
“We should soon have them in detention,” he added, added that the two prisoners received help and moved to the city, “the rope is tense.”
The authorities indicated that the public’s collected information has allowed three of the escapes. A reward has already been paid, and the other two will soon be. In addition, more than a dozen people accused of helping escapes were arrested.
Source: BFM TV
