The man accused of murder who escaped from Jefferson Parish Sheriff s Office earlier this week has been arrested by New Orleans police, according to online jail records.
In advance of the Hurricane Ida, 843 nursing home residents from Orleans, Jefferson, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes were packed into a warehouse in Independence.
"At no time did an NOPD officer refuse assistance, fail to respond, or fail to take police action on a reported sexual assault," said Superintendent Shaun Ferguson .