\n This week\u2019s incident marks the latest brazen escape from a Louisiana jail this year, after 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail<\/a> in a stunning overnight escape, using electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls. The last of those 10 prisoners who escaped wasn\u2019t recaptured<\/a> until five months later at a home in Atlanta, according to the US Marshals.\n <\/p>\n \n Johnathon Joseph, 24, of Opelousas, is back in custody, the sheriff\u2019s office said Friday. Law enforcement acted on \u201cnumerous tips\u201d to capture Joseph without incident, the sheriff said.\n <\/p>\n \n Joseph Allen Harrington, 26, who faced several felony charges, including home invasion, killed himself after he was found, Port Barre Police Chief Deon Boudreaux told The Associated Press<\/a> over the phone.\n <\/p>\n \n After a tipster who recognized Harrington told police on Thursday he was seen pushing a black e-bike, an officer spotted the bike at a nearby home, according to AP. Police used a loudspeaker to urge Harrington to come out of the home, and they later heard a gunshot. Harrington was found dead inside the home. He had shot himself with a hunting rifle, Boudreaux told the AP.\n <\/p>\n \n Keith Eli, 24, who has been held on an attempted second-degree murder charge, is still on the loose.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe will continue our efforts, without end, to apprehend Keith Eli. We would prefer that he surrender himself peaceably, but we will not rest until he is captured,\u201d Guidroz said in a news release on Friday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cAn internal investigation has been initiated, the Jail Supervisory Staff will be providing a comprehensive report and both will be forwarded to my office for appropriate action,\u201d Guidroz said in a social media post.\n <\/p>\n \n Sheriff\u2019s department spokesperson Maj. Mark LeBlanc told the AP while he wasn\u2019t aware of the building being similarly breached in the past, anyone will try to escape with enough time and opportunity.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThese three were just a little more creative than in years past,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n \n This is the second escape from the jail since October, when one inmate got away before being recaptured by the Opelousas Police Department, CNN affiliate KADN reported<\/a>. In that escape, however, the inmate was a trustee who was able to run away in the process of being escorted from one building to another, Guidroz told KADN.\n <\/p>\n \n The sheriff emphasized in the interview with KADN the jail is \u201covercrowded and it needs a lot of maintenance,\u201d however, the parish government says the jail is in good shape.\n <\/p>\n \n The parish president, Jessie Bellard, held a news conference<\/a> Thursday to address the latest escape and emphasize the jail, built in 1982, is structurally sound, refuting claims made by the sheriff about the inmates discovering \u201ca degrading part of an upper wall area\u201d and using it to make their escape.\n <\/p>\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/thumbnail-screenshot-2025-12-03-at-4-59-54-pm.jpg\")
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