OPELOUSAS – The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office announced the capture of the final escaped inmate from the St. Landry Parish jail on Friday, after 3 inmates previously escaped from the facility on Dec. 3.
According to the sheriff’s office, Keith Eli, 24, of Opelusas, was captured by Narcotics Detectives and members of the SWAT team. Eli was arrested on charges of aggravated escape.
The inmates originally escaped by chipping away at the mortar on a “degrading” wall, allowing them to remove concrete blocks from the wall before using sheets and other items to scale the outer wall…