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Nine Jailbreakers Plead Not Guilty; Tenth Still Escapes

7/24/2025

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Nine men have boldly pleaded not guilty after their daring escape from a New Orleans jail in May, where they slipped through a hole behind a toilet. Meanwhile, a tenth inmate, Derrick Groves, is still on the run. Authorities have apprehended 16 accomplices, as the escape charge looms with a potential sentence of two to five years.

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Nine men have boldly pleaded not guilty after their daring escape from a New Orleans jail in May, where they slipped through a hole behind a toilet. Meanwhile, a tenth inmate, Derrick Groves, is still on the run. Authorities have apprehended 16 accomplices, as the escape charge looms with a potential sentence of two to five years.