Louisiana attorney general expects more arrests in New Orleans jail escape investigation

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill believes an probe into however 10 inmates escaped a New Orleans jailhouse volition pb to arrests of much radical connected the inside, she told "Fox & Friends" connected Wednesday morning.

Murrill said that authorities are continuing to analyse however precisely the 10 inmates were capable to flight and added that she expects much arrests of those connected the wrong who mightiness person assisted. 

"There surely volition beryllium much consequences from this event. We conscionable person to beryllium methodical successful the investigation," she said. 

Authorities said Tuesday that 1 jailhouse employee, Sterling Williams, was arrested and accused of helping the inmates escape.

Five of 10 remaining escapees from a New Orleans jail.

FIFTH ESCAPED INMATE FROM NEW ORLEANS JAIL RECAPTURED AFTER DAYS ON THE RUN

Murrill besides said that contempt the clip that has passed since 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans County Correctional Facility connected Friday morning, instrumentality enforcement continues to travel up connected credible leads and believes the remaining 5 escapees are inactive successful the area.

"I've notified neighboring authorities officials that they could person headed successful that direction, but my gut says that they're astir apt staying adjacent to location unless they person important resources determination else," Murrill said. "You're conscionable improbable to spell determination wherever you person zero enactment and help, astir of these, if not each of these individuals grew up successful New Orleans."

So far, each the recaptured inmates person been recovered successful New Orleans. 

"They were young children, really, during the clip of Hurricane Katrina," said Murrill. "Their resources are here, truthful I truly expect that they are staying astir present and the longer this goes on, the much babelike they are connected trying to find radical to assistance them. There's a beauteous ample reward out, and I'm assured that we're going to cod them all.

"It's a process, and determination are a batch of radical progressive successful the process, but they've been effective, and they are gathering radical up."

New Orleans jailhouse escapee Gary Price is escorted to a chopper by constabulary who captured him. (Louisiana State Police)

LOUISIANA JAIL WORKER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HELPING 10 INMATES ESCAPE ORLEANS PARISH FACILITY

Louisiana State Police (LSP) announced 19-year-old Corey Boyd's seizure Tuesday night, saying that helium was recovered successful New Orleans. On Wednesday morning, an updated LSP Facebook station said Boyd was "transported to a unafraid authorities correctional installation extracurricular of the area" and that helium has been charged with elemental escape. 

Boyd was 1 of 2 men captured connected surveillance footage successful the French Quarter of New Orleans connected Friday morning, conscionable hours aft the brazen breakout.

He is accused of sidesplitting a antheral named Brandon Fees during a car burglary successful 2024 and was successful jailhouse awaiting proceedings connected charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, aggravated artillery and threatening a nationalist authoritative earlier the escape. 

Louisiana State Police arrested escaped inmate Corey Boyd. ( )

Boyd's apprehension was Tuesday's 2nd large improvement successful the lawsuit that has captured nationwide attention. 

LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BLASTS 'PROGRESSIVE PROMISES' AFTER NEW ORLEANS JAIL ESCAPE

Earlier successful the day, constabulary arrested 33-year-old Williams, an worker of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, and charged him with 10 counts of main to elemental flight and 1 number of malfeasance successful office. 

He was assessed a $1.1 cardinal bond, $100,000 for each charge, according to Murrill's office. 

According to an apprehension affidavit, Williams claims helium was coerced into participating via convulsive threats. 

Photo of Sterling Williams, who is accused of helping 10 inmates flight from the Orleans Parish Jail. (Louisiana Department of Justice)

"LBI Agents were assigned to reappraisal accusation successful effort to find if anyone, from the OPSO unit oregon extracurricular personnel, assisted successful the escape. During a mirandized interrogation with Williams, helium explained to Agents that helium turned the h2o disconnected from the extracurricular tube locomotion country connected the exterior of compartment 6 nether absorption of a airy skinned achromatic antheral with tattoos connected his face, whom helium named arsenic 'Massey,' formally known arsenic Antoine Massey, who threatened to shank him if helium did not crook the h2o off," the affidavit said. 

According to Fox 8, Massey has a past of escaping from custody. 

"There isn't an ounce of this man's past that doesn't accidental ‘escape,’" Matt Dennis of ASAP Electronic Monitors, which provides ankle monitoring services, told the outlet. "He had nary volition of wearing an ankle monitor."

The 5 men who stay connected the tally are:

• Lenton J. Vanburen Jr., 26, faces charges of amerciable carrying of weapons, possession of a firearm oregon limb by a felon, obstruction of justness and introducing contraband successful prison.
• Jermaine Donald, 42, faces charges of second-degree murder, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm oregon limb by a felon and obstruction of justice.
• Antoine Massey, 32, faces charges of home maltreatment involving strangulation, theft of a centrifugal conveyance and a parole violation.
• Derrick Groves, 27, faces 3 counts of attempted second-degree murder, 2 counts of second-degree execution and artillery of a correctional installation employee.
• Leo O. Tate Sr., 31, faces charges of elemental burglary of an inhabited dwelling, possession of a firearm oregon limb by a felon, amerciable carrying of a weapon, centrifugal conveyance theft and aggregate cause counts.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Louisiana State Police, Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office and FBI New Orleans for comment. 

Fox News' Adam Sabes and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.