Two other inmates who had also escaped are in custody, police said.
Police in Louisiana said Monday they caught two of the four inmates who escaped from jail over the weekend, unbeknownst to the guards who were supposed to be watching them.
Omarion Hookfin, 19; Avery Guidry, 19; Jamarcus Cyprian, 20, and Travon Johnson, 21, who were all incarcerated at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, escaped through a weak portion of the jail's chain-linked fence on Saturday and Sunday, Chief Jimmy Travis of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office told reporters during a news conference Monday.
The chief, however, said it wasn't long before investigators found Johnson and Guidry, according to police, after receiving a call from someone who said they saw them. The pair, who were arrested in connection with a 2022 homicide in Hammond, Louisiana, were hiding in a dumpster behind a Dollar General store roughly 22 miles from the jail, according to police.Hookfin, who was also arrested in connection with the same 2022 homicide, and Cyprian, who was serving time for armed robbery and weapon charges, according to police records, are still on the loose and likely outside of Tangipahoa Parish, Travis said.
Travis could not immediately reveal which detainee escaped when, only that two fled on Saturday and two fled on Sunday.The chief acknowledged that the jail was short-staffed and some staffers were inexperienced, but he said that was no excuse for what happened.Anyone with information on the suspects can call Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa's anonymous tip line at 800-554-5245 or visit
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