Nine of the Ten New Orleans Escapees appeared in court recently, all pleading not guilty to simple escape - while Groves ...

A convicted killer with a history of violence remains at large more than two months after he and nine others escaped from the ...

Derrick Groves is the only escapee who will not face arraignment as he is still on the run. All nine inmates recaptured ...

Groves has been convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder, and has pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter in separate cases. He’d remained ...

Lester Duhé, spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed to USA TODAY that the nine men pleaded not ...

The nine men, plus at-large inmate and convicted killer Derrick Groves, were charged with simple escape on June 30. Groves, ...

All 10 inmates, including at-large escapee Derrick Groves, were charged with simple escape in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on Monday. If convicted, those who participated in the jailbreak ...

In 1994, a corrupt police officer ordered the killing of Groves’ grandmother, Kim Groves, after she reported him for beating up a teenager. Her three children settled a federal civil rights ...

In October 2024, a jury convicted Groves of second-degree murder for using an assault rifle to spray dozens of bullets into a family block party on Mardi Gras, killing 21-year-old Byron Jackson and 26 ...

This handout photo shows, Derrick D. Groves, one of the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail. (Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office via AP) By Associated Press UPDATED: July 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM EDT ...

This photo provided by John Hall Thomas shows Derrick Groves in New Orleans on Oct. 24, 2019 during a court appearance related to a 2018 shooting that killed two people and injured others.

In 2014, at the age of 17, Groves was arrested and incarcerated for nearly two years on a charge of attempted second-degree murder for which he was later acquitted by a jury, though his own father ...