Two women are facing charges of assisting 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans jail as five remain on the run, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday.
May 21 Two women are facing charges of assisting 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans jail as five remain on the run, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday.
Courtnie Harris, 32, of New Orleans, and Corvanntay Baptiste, 38, of Slidell, were arrested on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact to the escape Friday morning from the New Orleans Parish jail. They were booked into the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, Louisiana State Police said.
If convicted, they each face up to five years in prison.
Harris allegedly spoke by phone with one of the five still at large. Investigators said Harris was in contact with the unidentified inmate before the jailbreak and drove two escapees to « multiple locations in New Orleans. »
A law enforcement source told WVUE-TV that she was assisting inmate Leo Tate.
The state agency said Baptiste was in contact by phone and social media assisting Corey Boyd, who was captured Tuesday night in New Orleans.
