内容摘要：" as the search for the escaped inmate entered its second week.

" as the search for the escaped inmate entered its second week.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson called on Massey to surrender.“Cooperating with law enforcement is in his best interest and may help avoid additional charges,” Hutson said in an emailed statement. “It is important that justice is served appropriately and that due process is followed.”

Massey, 32, faced charges of rape, kidnapping, domestic violence involving strangulation and violation of a protective order all stemming from a November 2024 incident, St. Tammany Parish authorities say. In Orleans Parish, where he was incarcerated, he faced charges of motor vehicle theft and domestic battery.Massey said he is innocent. He also claimed in a video that he had been “let out” of jail.A woman police identified as being in a relationship with Massey has suffered multiple alleged instances of physical abuse from him, according to police reports, and had a protective order against him last year, court records show.

This woman has been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and as a principle to aggravated escape. Authorities said the woman knew of Massey’s escape plans in advance, communicated with him after his escape and misled authorities.“If you want to plead your innocence … there is a court of law that is designed to do that,” Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters at an unrelated news conference Tuesday. “What I would urge is those two (escapees) quit the hide-and-seek game that we are playing and you will be able to have your day in court.”

The tough-on-crime Republican said he remains confident the two escapees at large will be captured.

Footage and images released by authorities show inmates yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet and crawling through a hole where steel bars had been cut. They then scaled a barbed wire fence using blankets.People in provinces as far away as Guantánamo, Artemisa, Santiago de Cuba, and Santa Clara reported experiencing blackouts with just flickers of light.

Earlier, the Electric Union, the state agency that regulates the sector, said in its daily report that peak-hour demand would be around 3,250 megawatts and the deficit would reach around 1,380 megawatts, meaning 42% of the national energy system would be shut down. This figure is not the highest in recent memory.at the end of last year, leaving the island in the dark amid a serious economic crisis.

Cuba’s power grid has been plagued by frequent outages, with more than half of the country experiencing power cuts during peak hours. The outages are primarily caused by. In many parts of the island, electricity is crucial for cooking and water pumping.