The last of 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in May was captured on Wednesday in southwest Atlanta after a brief standoff, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
Derrick Groves' arrest marks the end of a months-long, multi-agency manhunt that began after he and nine other inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish facility on May 16, 2025.
Groves was taken into custody at a home on Honeysuckle Lane following a coordinated operation involving Crimestoppers Greater New Orleans, the U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, Louisiana State Police, the New Orleans Police Department, the Atlanta Police Department, and other agenciesOfficials did not share details about how they tracked Groves to the home but said that investiga