Secretary James M. Le Blanc
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:  8/26/2019
Contact:  Ken Pastorick, Communications Director
225-219-0499 or 225-620-3728
DOC Escapee Captured
Baton Rouge Police Department and DOC Chase Teams Capture Fugitive
BATON ROUGE, La. – A Department of Corrections escapee is back in custody following short-lived freedom. Officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department are credited with capturing 39-year-old Grant Bailey, Jr., with assistance from the Dixon Correctional Institute and Elayn Hunt Correctional Center chase teams. He walked off of his Department of Public Safety and Correctional Headquarters work detail shortly before 2 p.m. Monday, and officers captured him about 4:35 p.m. on River Road south of LSU.

"I want to thank Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul and his alert officers for their assistance in capturing our wanted fugitive," said Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary Jimmy Le Blanc.

Bailey is serving a 50 year sentence for attempted second degree murder and a 10 year sentence for theft. Bailey's good time release date is scheduled for November 15, 2023. He was convicted in Webster Parish on July 7, 1997.

He was transferred to Dixon Correctional Institute on July 1, 2019, and began his work detail at DOC headquarters as a trusty on July 11, 2019.

Bailey is being booked with escape charges, and may also face additional charges.

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