Police make more arrests of those they say helped Louisiana inmates escape

More people have been accused of helping 10 jail inmates escape from a New Orleans center last week, including another inmate.

More people have been accused of helping 10 jail inmates escape from a New Orleans center last week, including another inmate.

Police arrested two more women in connection with allegedly helping 10 inmates break out of Orleans Parish Jail last week, the third and fourth women arrested in connection with assisting the escape.

Connie Weeden, 59, and Casey Smith, 30, were arrested Thursday and each charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact for allegedly "assisting the fugitives" in the May 16 incident, according to police.

Louisiana State Police announced Weeden's arrest Thursday. The New Orleans Police Department announced Smith's arrest on Friday.

The women were booked in correction centers in the New Orleans Metropolitan area and it is unclear whether they retained lawyers.