After nearly five months on the run, convicted killer Derrick Groves was arrested Wednesday following an standoff with police in Atlanta, putting an end to a sweeping, multi-agency search for the last of 10 inmates who broke free from the New Orleans jail in May.

Groves, 27, was apprehended around 1 p.m., according Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Fair.

Groves was one of 10 inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish jail on May 16 after crawling through a hole in a cell wall. The infamous jailbreak spurred a sprawling manhunt that produced more than a dozen arrests, including that of jail maintenance worker Sterling Williams, who is accused of aiding in the escape.

Groves was the last fugitive to be found. Escapees Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, Dkenan Dennis and Gary Price were arrested in the da

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