Two months after jailbreak, Derrick Groves remains at large as fellow escapees plead not guilty to charges [View all]

Source: WWNO New Orleans Public Radio

A convicted killer with a history of violence remains at large more than two months after he and nine others escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center.

The FBI, Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and Louisiana State Police are actively searching for 28-year-old Derrick Groves, the last remaining fugitive from the May 16 jailbreak. A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his capture.

“The Louisiana State Police continues to work alongside our local, state, and federal partners to investigate all information that may lead to Derrick Groves’s apprehension,” the agency said in a statement to WWNO. “Our focus remains unwavering, and we will not stop until Groves is in custody.”

Authorities said 10 incarcerated men escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center in the early hours of Friday, May 16. They reportedly slipped through a hole behind a toilet, scaled the jail’s walls and ran across Interstate 10 before disappearing into nearby neighborhoods.

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