{"id":192707,"date":"2025-12-07T04:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T04:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/louisiana-inmates-on-the-run-after-removing-concrete-and-using-sheets-in-jailbreak-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T04:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T04:28:09","slug":"louisiana-inmates-on-the-run-after-removing-concrete-and-using-sheets-in-jailbreak-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/louisiana-inmates-on-the-run-after-removing-concrete-and-using-sheets-in-jailbreak-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana inmates on the run after removing concrete and using sheets in jailbreak – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three-person escape is second for state in a year, after 10 people crawled through a wall at a different prison
Two inmates accused of violent crimes<\/a>, including second-degree attempted murder, are on the run after escaping from a south-western Louisiana<\/a> jail on Wednesday by removing pieces of a deteriorating interior wall and using sheets to scale another outside wall, officials said.
A third inmate who joined in the breakout died by suicide after he was tracked down.
It was only the latest bold jail escape in Louisiana. In May, 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans<\/a> jail after crawling through a hole behind a toilet. It wasn\u2019t until five months later \u2013 following the discovery of the escape crime scene with a message that read \u201cTo Easy LoL\u201d, finger-pointing by officials as to who was to blame for the audacious escape and a search that spanned multiple states \u2013 that all 10 inmates were recaptured<\/a>.
Wednesday morning\u2019s escape, which took place at the St Landry parish jail in Opelousas, Louisiana<\/a>, involved three inmates. Sheriff Bobby J Guidroz, who oversees the jail in question about 130 miles (209km) north-west of New Orleans, said the \u201cinmates discovered a degrading part of an upper wall area and, over time, removed the mortar allowing them to remove concrete blocks and provide their exit\u201d.
The inmates then used \u201csheets and other items\u201d to scale the outer wall and \u201cdrop on to\u201d the first floor roof, before \u201clowering themselves to the ground\u201d, Guidroz said in a press release.
Additional details about the escape were not immediately available. Guidroz said it will be investigated internally.
The sheriff\u2019s office identified the two escaped inmates still on the loose as Keith Eli, 24, of Opelousas, who was facing a second-degree attempted murder charge, and Johnathan Jevon Joseph, 24, also of Opelousas, who was facing several charges, including principal to first-degree rape.
The third escaper, Joseph Allen Harrington, 26, of Melville, who faced several felony charges, including home invasion, died by his own hand after he was found, the Port Barre, Louisiana, police chief, Deon Boudreaux, said by telephone.
After a tipster who recognized Harrington told police on Thursday that he was seen pushing a black e-bike, an officer spotted the e-bike at a nearby home. Police used a loudspeaker to urge Harrington to come out of the house, and they later heard a gunshot. Harrington was found dead inside the home. He had shot himself with a hunting rifle, Boudreaux said.
St Landry sheriff\u2019s department spokesperson Maj Mark LeBlanc wasn\u2019t aware of the jail being breached in a similar way in the past \u2013 but noted that anyone will try to escape with enough time and opportunity.
\u201cThese three were just a little more creative than in years past,\u201d he said.
There\u2019s no credible indications that the remaining fugitives have left the parish (Louisiana\u2019s term for county), and LeBlanc warned residents to secure their homes and vehicles.
\u201cThey\u2019re charged with violent felonies and we know they\u2019re desperate to get away,\u201d he said.
Anyone who helps the fugitives will be prosecuted, he added.<\/p>\n

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