New Orleans inmate Antoine Massey captured
An inmate who has been on the run for over a month has been captured in New Orleans. Antoine Massey was captured Friday afternoon within the Hollygrove neighborhood. Massey was the ninth inmate captured after the Might 16 jail break from the Orleans Parish Jail. The final inmate, Derrick Groves, stays on the run. Massey has a prison background and escape historical past that dates again to 2007.He escaped a juvenile detention middle that’s now generally known as the Juvenile Justice Intervention Middle.In 2019, he escaped the Morehouse Parish Detention Middle and was discovered the identical day in Texas.He went on to chop off two ankle displays, together with one in 2023 inside a Walmart alongside Bullard. The proprietor of that ankle monitor, ASAP Ankle Monitoring officers, stated.”Whenever you lower an ankle monitor off, it is a clear case of guilt. We all know who we put it on. We all know he took it off. There is not any in between,” stated Matt Dennis with ASAP.Regulation enforcement officers confirmed a house within the 1700 block of Agriculture Road was raided after they had been tipped off that it was the house the place Massey recorded now-viral movies that had been posted to social media Sunday.Officers stated whereas Massey was not there on the residence, they did discover belongings believed to have been worn by Massey when the movies had been recorded.Within the movies, Massey claims his innocence. He additionally stated he was “let loose” of OJC, amongst different claims. WDSU has chosen to not present Massey making these claims.The movies had been on-line for no less than 10 hours earlier than WDSU noticed them and despatched them to legislation enforcement to assist with their investigation. Some businesses WDSU reached out to had no thought in regards to the movies till they had been despatched to them.Massey was being held on home abuse expenses in St. Tammany earlier than going to Orleans Justice Middle, the place he was being held on home abuse and automotive theft expenses when he escaped in mid-Might.St. Tammany Parish officers stated they’d additionally issued warrants for Massey’s arrest for second-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, home violence and violation of a protecting order whereas he was serving time in Orleans. St. Tammany Parish officers stated these warrants had been issued following an investigation into an incident that occurred in November 2024 in Slidell.Delving into Massey’s prison historical past, he additionally escaped from two jails, one in 2007, and broke out of two ankle displays.Thus far, this was the longest stretch of time Massey has gone with out being captured following an escape.
An inmate who has been on the run for over a month has been captured in New Orleans.
Antoine Massey was captured Friday afternoon within the Hollygrove neighborhood.
Massey was the ninth inmate captured after the Might 16 jail break from the Orleans Parish Jail.
The final inmate, Derrick Groves, stays on the run.
Massey has a prison background and escape historical past that dates again to 2007.
He escaped a juvenile detention middle that’s now generally known as the Juvenile Justice Intervention Middle.
In 2019, he escaped the Morehouse Parish Detention Middle and was discovered the identical day in Texas.
He went on to chop off two ankle displays, together with one in 2023 inside a Walmart alongside Bullard. The proprietor of that ankle monitor, ASAP Ankle Monitoring officers, stated.
“Whenever you lower an ankle monitor off, it is a clear case of guilt. We all know who we put it on. We all know he took it off. There is not any in between,” stated Matt Dennis with ASAP.
Regulation enforcement officers confirmed a house within the 1700 block of Agriculture Road was raided after they had been tipped off that it was the house the place Massey recorded now-viral movies that had been posted to social media Sunday.
Officers stated whereas Massey was not there on the residence, they did discover belongings believed to have been worn by Massey when the movies had been recorded.
Within the movies, Massey claims his innocence. He additionally stated he was “let loose” of OJC, amongst different claims. WDSU has chosen to not present Massey making these claims.
The movies had been on-line for no less than 10 hours earlier than WDSU noticed them and despatched them to legislation enforcement to assist with their investigation. Some businesses WDSU reached out to had no thought in regards to the movies till they had been despatched to them.
Massey was being held on home abuse expenses in St. Tammany earlier than going to Orleans Justice Middle, the place he was being held on home abuse and automotive theft expenses when he escaped in mid-Might.
St. Tammany Parish officers stated they’d additionally issued warrants for Massey’s arrest for second-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, home violence and violation of a protecting order whereas he was serving time in Orleans. St. Tammany Parish officers stated these warrants had been issued following an investigation into an incident that occurred in November 2024 in Slidell.
Delving into Massey’s prison historical past, he additionally escaped from two jails, one in 2007, and broke out of two ankle displays.
Thus far, this was the longest stretch of time Massey has gone with out being captured following an escape.