Emmitt Weber, 28, was held on a $1 million bond on a count of accessory after the fact to simple escape. He was among four people at a New Orleans East home in New Orleans East suspected of aiding the escaped inmates.

The escapees face a range of charges from aggravated assault and domestic abuse to murder. The youngest is 19, the oldest is 42.

Two women have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping multiple fugitive inmates evade capture after breaking out of a New Orleans jail. Multiple fugitives are still on the loose.

Louisiana authorities have arrested a jail worker who allegedly helped 10 inmates escape from the Orleans Parish Jail.

After a week on the run, five of 10 inmates are still missing from a New Orleans jail and four people have been charged with helping them.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A worker charged with aiding the New Orleans jailbreak by 10 prisoners shut off water to unclog a toilet, not to allow the men to cut the pipe to create an opening for their escape, the employee’s lawyer told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The New Orleans jailbreak was just "to easy" for local businesses to chime in on with comical merch. Would you bit any of this?