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Manhunt underway for pair of violent teens who busted out of jail
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon,
2024-05-28
A massive manhunt is underway for a pair of violent teenagers who busted out of a Louisiana jail — with officials admitting they didn’t even know the two were missing until a relative said so.
Omarion Hoofkin and Avery Guidry, both 19, were being held at the Tangipahoa Parish jail on homicide charges when they climbed a fence and fled from the jailhouse recreation yard on Saturday, the parish sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook .
Guidry and Hoofkin, who was also charged with aggravated battery for a brawl at another Louisiana lockup, busted out of jail with Jamarcus Cyprian, 20, and Travon Johnson, 21.
Johnson was also being held on the 2022 homicide case and Cyprian was serving time for armed robbery and weapons possession, the sheriff’s office said.
Those two were picked up by cops Monday hiding in a dumpster behind a Dollar General store in the city of Hammond after showing up at the home of family members, KTVO-TV News reported .
Jail officials said the four escapees weren’t even reported missing until the relatives tipped off cops.
“It’s very concerning,” Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office Chief Jimmy Travis told the outlet. “If the proper head counts [had been made], we would [have] known immediately.
Authorities said the four inmates broke out of the Tangipahoa Parish jail by climbing the perimeter fence while in the recreation yard — with their absence not noticed until the next day. Google Maps
“We had a failure within that we hope to correct and move forward,” he added.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information to call the department’s tip line at 800-554-5245.
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