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• Authorities capture escaped Tangipahoa Parish inmate

  December 26, 2021 9:14 PM

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH - Sheriff's deputies have found an inmate who escaped from a parish jail. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said late Sunday that 38-year-old Clarence Gaten Jr. was found after escaping and is now in custody in Washington Parish. Gaten was wanted for escape, attempted carjacking and... more »

• Kaplan police searching for escaped inmate

  October 4, 2021 9:29 AM

  KAPLAN - Authorities in Kaplan are searching for a prisoner who escaped from the Kaplan City Jail over the weekend. According to KATC , Blake Blanchard was being held on charges of burglary, criminal trespass, simple criminal damage to property, and other related charges. He escaped from the... more »

• Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office searches for an escaped inmate

  December 2, 2019 1:00 PM

  ALEXANDRIA - Authorities in Alexandria are searching for an inmate who escaped the Rapides Detention Center on Sunday. According to KATC , 33-year-old Anthony Lee Wells was found missing around 9:30 p.m., during the nightly head count. Wells is described as a white male, 6 feet tall and... more »

• Mistakenly released prisoner brought back to Louisiana

  October 7, 2015 11:33 AM

  ANGOLA - Authorities say an inmate mistakenly released from prison and recaptured in Georgia was brought back to the Louisiana State Penitentiary late Tuesday night. Benjuiel Johnson arrived shortly after 11:30 p.m. to resume serving his 2013 sentence for manslaughter after he waived extradition in a hearing last Saturday.... more »

• $2,000 total reward offered for info on killer accidentally released from jail Play Video

  September 30, 2015 4:02 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Law enforcement agencies offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of an inmate who was mistakenly released over the weekend. U.S. Marshals joined in the search for 32-year-old Benjuiel Johnson as it continued through Wednesday and into Thursday morning with the escaped man... more »