Authorities arrest fugitive who police say posted on social media following New Orleans jailbreak

Louisiana authorities captured on Friday one of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail six weeks ago and who police say released videos on social media while still on the run.Antoine Massey, 33, was taken into custody at a residence in New Orleans about 2 miles from the jail, said New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick.“He actually walked out of a home peacefully,” Kirkpatrick said.“He peacefully gave up to law enforcement who had surrounded the house.”Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said she had received a tip Friday morning and immediately notified other law enforcement authorities, who arrested Massey by midafternoon.Louisiana State Police Superintendent Robert Hodges said authorities were still investigating how Massey was able to stay at the residence where he was recaptured.“It’s pretty obvious over the last six weeks to remain a fugitive that long, he had assistance, he had help,” Hodges said.Authorities had recently investigated social media posts by a man who identified himself as Massey and earlier this month raided a New Orleans home where they believed the videos were produced but did not find him.“Great work by all our law enforcement partners who have been working so hard for this outcome,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said after Massey’s capture Friday.

“One more to go!”Authorities are still searching for convicted murderer Derrick Groves.Police previously captured the other eight escapees following the May 16 jailbreak, one of the largest in recent US history.Authorities said the men yanked open a faulty cell door inside the New Orleans jail, squeezed through a hole behind a toilet, scaled a barbed-wire fence and fled into the dark.The men’s absence wasn’t discovered until a morning headcount, hours after they bolted for freedom.Authorities found a message drawn around the hole the men used to escape: an arrow pointing at the gap and the words “To Easy LoL.”Officials...