A jury in St. Tammany Parish has convicted Antoine Massey of multiple charges, including rape and kidnapping, authorities said.

Massey, 33, was one of 10 prisoners who escaped from the New Orleans jail in May and remained on the run until June, when he was captured in a rental home in Hollygrove. Massey was considered a ringleader in the escape, which shocked the region.

The charges he faced in St. Tammany were separate from charges he now faces stemming from the jail escape.

In a news release Thursday, the northshore District Attorney's Office said evidence in Massey's trial in Covington showed that Massey beat, strangled and threatened to kill a woman in the early morning hours of Nov. 10, 2024. The DA's office said that happened after Massey had gone through the woman's purse and di

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