NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) – A New Orleans jailbreak suspect who was later arrested in Baton Rouge will spend the rest of his life in prison.
A judge sentenced Lenton Vanburen to life in prison without parole for killing a man in 2021.
Vanburen was one of 10 men accused of breaking out of the Orleans Justice Center in 2025. That set off a months-long manhunt. Vanburen was arrested in Baton Rouge nearly two weeks after the escape. Police said they found Vanburen in the Hammond Aire Plaza sitting on a bench outside a sneaker store sipping on a soda…