NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Louisiana State Police on Saturday (May 17) shared photographs of three captured Orleans Parish jail escapees being taken out of the city by helicopter.
Kendell Myles, Robert Moody and Dkenan Dennis were the first of three escapees from the parish jail to be recaptured after their escape early Friday morning from the Orleans Justice Center complex.
The LSP did not disclose where it was taking the recaptured inmates, saying only that its air support and SWAT divisions coordinated to “safely transport the three individuals to a secure state correctional facility outside the area.”
A source told Fox 8 the recaptured inmates were being taken to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
State Police also said one of the three inmates, whose identity was not disclosed, “exhibited hostile behavior” during the transfer, requiring troopers to “use a spit hood to ensure their safety.”
A recaptured Orleans Parish jail escapee is taken to a Louisiana State Police helicopter in a spit hood early Saturday (May 17), after exhibiting ‘hostile behavior’ during transport to a state prison, the agency said.(Louisiana State Police)
The agency said the search remains ongoing for the other seven escapees still at large and urged anyone with information on their whereabouts to contact Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111, the FBI (1-800-CALL-FBI) or 911.
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