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Last of 10 inmates who escaped from New Orleans jail in May captured in Atlanta, reports say

Derrick Groves (Federal Bureau of Investigation/WSB-TV)

ATLANTA — There are reports out of New Orleans that the last of the ten inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail in May has been captured in Atlanta.

While most of the escapees were captured within weeks, 31-year old Derrick Groves remained at large for nearly five months.

He was serving life for a murder conviction.

The district attorney in New Orleans described Groves as a “cold blooded killer” with a history of violent crime.



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