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Inmates caught after parish chase

Published 12:11am Thursday, August 16, 2012

FERRIDAY — After four hours of searching through wooded areas in Ferriday Wednesday morning, it took the help of two bloodhound noses, nine chase team members and several Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputies to capture two inmates that escaped from the Franklin Parish Detention Center.

Brothers Michael James Robair, 25, and Matthew Lawrence Robair, 22, both of Winnsboro, La., were serving time for armed robbery at the detention center in Franklin Parish before escaping at approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday, CPSO Chief Deputy David Hedrick said.

Driving through Ferriday in a stolen white Jeep Liberty, the inmates were pulled over by a CPSO deputy on Deacon Wailes Road at approximately 3:30 a.m., Hedrick said.

The inmates fled the vehicle and ran into the surrounding wooded areas, Hedrick said.

“We had perimeters set up all around the area looking for the suspects,” Hedrick said.

Two bloodhounds and nine officers with the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Chase Team had been helping the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office conduct the search since Tuesday, Hedrick said.

“Once those bloodhounds picked up the scent, it was game over,” Hedrick said.

The chase team, along with CPSO deputies, caught the inmates on Cowan Street at approximately 7:10 a.m., Hedrick said.

The inmates were both booked into CPSO on a charge of warrant for other agency on simple escape and were transported back to the Franklin Parish Detention Center Wednesday afternoon.

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  • Anonymous

    Take your kids to the bus stop armed. If you see these scumbags, save the taxpayer some money. Know what I mean?

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/CNEGJEREYHUI5BRK2QOT4GXCNI Big

    I think that Concordia Parish needs to send out a phone calls like they do with bad weather to alert the public of these ESCAPED prisioners.  This way it might help them catch them faster and all people will be informed of the matter that signed up for the calls.  This is a better way  than finding out about it way too late and boom the prisioner is in your yard and or knocking on your door to break in and Rob you. 

  • vilou09

    I think that’s a great idea. A lot of universities have that type of calling system. If there’s any number of emergencies (fire, criminal activity, inclement weather, etc) it lets everyone know.
    Since Adams court had code red, I think Concordia parish should get on board with a call alert system. At the very least, it could warn us when there’s a road block set up for little beggars.

  • Anonymous

    These guys had turned their lives around, and were really trying to do better for themselves.

  • vilou09

    LOL!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Luke, you run once…ya get’cha self a set of leg chains….you run twice…what we have here is a failure to communicate

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