"The escapees, who ranged in age from their teens to early 40s, broke out of the Orleans Parish Justice Center in the early hours of May 16 by climbing through a hole in the wall behind a toilet, scaling a fence and crossing an interstate. By the time authorities discovered them missing during a routine morning head count, they were long gone, leaving behind a smiley face and several taunting messages including "To easy LoL" scrawled on the bathroom wall."
"Louisiana State Police Superintendent Robert Hodges told reporters on Wednesday that the task force investigating the jailbreak learned in early October that Groves was likely in the Atlanta area. They traced him to a particular residence through "information gathered via multiple search warrants and other investigative means." Police, U.S. Marshals and a SWAT team arrived at the house in southwest Atlanta on Thursday to execute warrants, and ultimately took Groves into custody after what police described as a brief standoff."
Derrick Groves was the last of 10 inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16 by climbing through a hole behind a toilet, scaling a fence and crossing an interstate. The escapees left a smiley face and taunting messages including "To easy LoL" on the bathroom wall. Three escapees were recaptured that day and all but two were in custody by the end of May; the ninth, Antoine Massey, was arrested in late June. A multi-agency task force traced Groves to Atlanta in early October using search warrants and other investigative means. Police, U.S. Marshals and a SWAT team executed warrants at a southwest Atlanta house, deployed gas canisters during a brief standoff, and a Clayton County K-9 found Groves in a crawl space. Officials declined to say why he was at the house or how long he had been there.
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