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New Orleans jail escapee Lenton Vanburen Jr. appeared in court Thursday two weeks after his historic jailbreak, asking the court to represent himself in a trial centering on a 2021 New Orleans ...
An alleged accomplice in the escape of inmate Lenton VanBuren has been arrested in Baton Rouge, according to police. Investigators say Vi Duc Nguyen paid for the hotel room where VanBuren was ...
Lenton Vanburen Jr., 26, was found Monday evening sitting on a bench near a department store in Baton Rouge – approximately 78 miles (125 kilometers) from the jail he and nine others escaped ...
Records reviewed by The Associated Press show how some of the fugitives received aid before and after their escape — including from a number of people named in police reports but not yet facing ...
Angel McKay, 41, charged with accessory after the fact. Lenton Vanburen Sr., 48, charged with accessory after the fact. Police said they were booked into the Plaquemines Parish jail.
As the mission to capture all 10 New Orleans jail escapees inches closer to ... where the associate had dropped Vanburen off, the report says. Lenton Vanburen Sr., 48, also lives in the ...
Two inmates from the Orleans Justice Center remain at large. Authorities offer a $50,000 reward for information on Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves.
The 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail more than two weeks ago by cutting out a hole behind a toilet received help from at least 14 people, many of them friends and family who provided ...
Lenton Vanburen Sr., 48, also lives in the residence, investigators said in court documents. The sisters left soon thereafter, investigators said.
FILE - Troopers with Louisiana State Police escort Orleans Parish Prison escapee Lenton Vanburen to a waiting vehicle late Monday, May 26, 2025, at Louisiana State Police Headquarters after he was ...