Antoine Massey, 9th New Orleans jail escapee, recaptured
Ninth escaped inmate captured in New Orleans, LA
Antoine Massey was recaptured on Friday after escaping from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility in May, Louisiana State Police announced on Facebook. Massey is the ninth escapee to be recaptured out of 10.
Antoine Massey was recaptured on Friday after escaping from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility in May, Louisiana State Police announced on Facebook.
Massey is the ninth escapee to be recaptured out of 10.
What happened?
Dig deeper:
An official with the U.S. Marshals Service said Massey was taken back into custody after they received a tip from Crime Stoppers, according to a FOX 8 report.
Massey, 33, was found alone inside of a residence in the 9400 block of Stroelitz Street in the Hollygrove area. He was arrested without incident.
Massey’s arrest comes six weeks after 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center jail on May 16. He was in jail pending a trial on charges of domestic abuse involving strangulation, theft of a motor vehicle and a parole violation. This is the fourth time that Massey has escaped from police custody.
FILE - Antoine Massey taken into custody on June 27, 2025. (Louisiana State Police)
Who else is still on the run?
The final inmate that has evaded capture is Derrick Groves. A $50,000 reward is being offered for any information that may lead to his recapture.
Groves was convicted on two charges of second-degree murder and two charges of attempted second-degree murder last year for his role in the 2018 Mardi Gras Day shootings of two men. He also faces a charge of battery against a correctional facility employee, court records show. Law enforcement warned that he may attempt to locate witnesses in the murder trial.
How did they escape?
The backstory:
Photographs show the opening behind the toilet in a cell that the men escaped through. There were drawings and messages above the hole saying "To Easy LoL" with an arrow pointing to the hole.
The inmates used a blanket to avoid being cut by barbed wire. They ran across the interstate and into a neighborhood.
There was no deputy at the pod where the men were being held, only the civilian technician who had left to get food.
Officials from the sheriff’s office said no deputy was at the pod where the fugitives had been held. There was a technician, a civilian there to observe the pod, but she had stepped away to get food, they said.
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said the men were able to get out of the Orleans Justice Center because of "defective locks."
At least one of the steel bars protecting plumbing fixtures "appeared to have been intentionally cut using a tool," according to a statement from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office on Friday night.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from local reporting by FOX 8 and previous reporting by FOX Local. This story was reported from Los Angeles.