Escaped Casino Robber Leads to Jail Employee Resignation, Officials Reveal

An escape from Louisiana’s Assumption Parish Detention Center has led to a corrections officer quitting his jailhouse job. The escapee was captured lowest week and is support inward custody on a casino robbery charge.

The unnamed worker quit below pressure, said Assumption of Mary Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon, according to The Advocate, a local newspaper. The department of corrections ship's officer faced firing if he didn’t step down.

Employee Error at Jail

Corrections officials rapidly launched an intragroup review article of utmost Tuesday’s breakout. Initial findings story the ex-worker didn’t come after proper protocol, Falcon said. Officials called it a display case of “employee error.” The inquiry is ongoing.

When addressing the escape, Lonny Cavalier, commander of the Assumption of Mary Sheriff’s crook administrative section, confirmed utmost calendar week at that place was a “breach in surgical process protocol inwards maintaining the numeration of inmates,” WAFB, a local TV station, reported.

“Our installation is as unafraid as the people who put to work it,” Cavalier added. “We are making changes to take a leak sure this does not take place again.”

Falcon described the break-out as “an intragroup administrative matter.” The corrections officer’s identity was not released.

The escapee, Roller Avila, 19, of Donaldsonville, La., is single of octonary suspects who allegedly had a role inwards the Sept 29 robbery of Cane Row Truck Stop & Casino. He was charged with armed robbery.

On Thursday, Avila was captured inwards Jefferson Parish, La, which is some 80 miles from the poky from which he escaped.

Escapee Faces Sir Thomas More Charges

Avila was ab initio placed inwards Thomas Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Correction Complex. He was to follow returned to August 15 Parish Detention Center.

More charges against Avila connected to the get away are likely, The Advocate said.

Besides Avila, other robbery suspects were identified as Jose Luis Gordillo, 18, of Gulfport, Miss., Hector Omar Barahona, 20, of New Orleans, La., and Brayon Chinchilla Pacheco, 18, of Harvey, La. Earlier arrests included Jonathan Lopez, 19, of Harvey, La., Gregory John Norman D. Escalate, 18, of Terrytown, La., and an unnamed 17-year-old from Gretna, La.

Each was charged with armed robbery with a firearm. type A 16-year-old from Marrero, La., was supercharged with beingness an adjuvant after the fact to armed robbery with a firearm.

Deputies are investigating if any of the suspects are connected to other robberies, The Advocate said. Besides Avila, to the highest degree of the other suspects are inward the Assumption Parish Detention Center Pacheo is currently inwards custody in Kansas, incarcerated on several unrelated charges. He testament face a armorial bearing inwards Pelican State after the Kansas charges are addressed inwards courts in that state.

Authorities didn’t say how often cash was stolen inwards the gambling casino robbery.

The Cane Row gaming dimension is placed inwards Assumption Parish on Highway 70, some 79 miles due west of New Orleans.