BR Woman arrested as accessory to att. murder charge escapes from Cottonport jail CAPTURED

Alexandria Town Talk

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The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a Baton Rouge woman who escaped from a Cottonport correctional facility.

Latoya Green Batiste, 33, was discovered missing during a bed count Thursday morning at the Avoyelles Detention Center #3.

Green had been arrested in late July in Oklahoma after she was found with Demetrius James Smith, who was wanted on six counts of attempted second-degree murder in connection to a shooting outside Marksville days before that.

She was charged with being an accessory after the fact to attempted second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.

Green is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 253 puonds. He has brown eyes and black hair. Her last known address was in the 10000 block of Industrial Boulevard in Baton Rouge, but is known to have ties to the Lettsworth area of Pointe Coupee Parish.

"Detectives are following leads and are aggressively working to recapture Batiste," reads a release from the sheriff's office.

Anyone with information about Green or who has seen her is asked to call 318-253-4000 or local law enforcement.

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ETA: she back in jail after being captured in Baton Rouge... and her daughter has joined her in the pokey

Alexandria Town Talk

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A Baton Rouge woman who escaped from an Avoyelles Parish correctional facility has been captured, and her daughter is accused of helping her escape.

Latoya Green Batiste was arrested around 10:30 a.m. in Baton Rouge by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigations Fugitive Apprehension Unit.

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Also arrested with Batiste on Friday morning was her 20-year-old daughter, Jenecia Bryant of Baton Rouge. She was charged with assisting escape.

Both were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center and will be transferred to Avoyelles later.

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