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Derrick Groves agrees to be extradited back to Louisiana.

Groves was recaptured in a basement crawlspace in Atlanta.

Faces simple and potentially aggravated escape charges, plus life sentence for murder.

Will be placed in Angola maximum-security prison upon return.

New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being recaptured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana in a Thursday court appearance.

“I want to return where I’m from,” Groves, a New Orleans native, told a Fulton County magistrate judge during the televised hearing.

Groves, who was recaptured Wednesday under a basement crawlspace in an Atlanta home, waived his right to an extradition hearing.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said there are “ongoin

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