Cane Row Truck Stop & Casino<\/a>. He was charged with armed robbery.<\/strong><\/p>\nOn Thursday, Avila was captured in Jefferson Parish, La, which is some 80 miles from the jail from which he escaped.<\/p>\n
Escapee Faces More Charges<\/h2>\n
Avila was initially placed in Jefferson Parish Sheriff\u2019s Correction Complex. He was to be returned to Assumption Parish Detention Center.<\/p>\n
More charges against Avila connected to the escape are likely, The Advocate<\/em> said.<\/p>\nBesides 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., Norman D. Escalate, 18, of Terrytown, La., and an unnamed 17-year-old from Gretna, La.<\/p>\n
Each was charged with armed robbery with a firearm. A 16-year-old from Marrero, La., was charged with being an accessory after the fact to armed robbery with a firearm.<\/p>\n
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Deputies are investigating if any of the suspects are connected to other robberies, The Advocate <\/em>said. Besides Avila, most of the other suspects are in the Assumption Parish Detention Center Pacheo is currently in custody in Kansas, incarcerated on several unrelated charges. He will face a charge in Louisiana after the Kansas charges are addressed in courts in that state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAuthorities didn’t say how much cash was stolen in the casino robbery.<\/p>\n
The Cane Row gaming property is located in Assumption Parish on Highway 70, some 79 miles west of New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An escape from Louisiana\u2019s Assumption Parish Detention Center has led to a corrections officer quitting his jailhouse job. The escapee was captured last week and is back in custody on a casino robbery charge. The unnamed worker quit under pressure, said Assumption Parish Sheriff Leland Falcon, according to The Advocate, a local newspaper. The corrections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":240361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[13766,83452,82070],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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