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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly a week after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a fence, five have been apprehended and five remain at large.
Authorities believe sheriff’s employees must have aided the escape, and three have been suspended. A jail maintenance man is the only person arrested so far and is accused of helping the prisoners.
Here is a look at the timeline of events surrounding one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history:
May 15
At 10:30 p.m., the jail is locked down per standard nighttime rules.
May 16
About 12:20 a.m., prisoners yank open a cell door when the jail’s lone guard is away getting food. The men escape through a hole cut behind a sink-toilet unit that they removed. Authorities haven’t specified what tools were used to cut through steel bars or how the prisoners got them.
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