John Simerman
Investigations News Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Staff Writer at The Acadiana Advocate
News/Investigations for The Times Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate (@nolanews). Proud Contra Costa Times alum.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Marco Cartolano |John Simerman
A former Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office employee and girlfriend of New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves is accused of aiding in the planning of the escape and setting up of phone calls where Groves discussed fleeing with a third party, according to police records. Darriana Burton, 28, was arrested and booked Monday on a felony count of conspiracy to commit simple escape, according to online court records.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | John Simerman
A powerful tool for catching criminals in New Orleans isn’t being used these days by local police. But after the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street and last month’s jailbreak by 10 Orleans Parish detainees, some civic and elected leaders say it's time the city loosened the reins on the Police Department's use of facial recognition technology.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Julia Guilbeau |John Simerman
Law enforcement officials are investigating a new social media post that appears to picture escaped New Orleans inmate Antoine Massey just days after the fugitive released a video proclaiming his innocence.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | John Simerman
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | John Simerman
Two social media videos that appeared to show New Orleans jail fugitive Antoine Massey pleading his innocence in a track suit had authorities scrambling Monday, adding a wrinkle to a manhunt that has entered a new phase in its third week, with two of 10 escapees still on the lam, officials said. “They say that I broke out. I didn’t break out. I was let out,” the man in the videos said. He identified himself as Massey and sported the same facial tattoos.
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