(CNN) — Derrick Groves, the last of 10 prisoners who had been on the run since escaping jail in New Orleans nearly five months ago, has been captured at a residence in Atlanta, according to the US Marshals.
Groves , who had been on the run since May 16 after breaking out of the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans with nine other inmates, was captured in Southwest Atlanta after a standoff with Atlanta Police and US Marshals on Wednesday, Deputy US Marshal Brian Fair said.
Fair said a tip called in to Crimestoppers Greater New Orleans, along with follow-up investigative work, ultimately led to Groves’ arrest in Atlanta.
“It took almost three hours to locate him in the house, gas had to be deployed into the house multiple times by (the) Atlanta Police Department’s SWAT team, and he was