(Updated) Sheriff: Fourth escaped inmate caught; three deputies fired

The final of four escaped inmates from the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center has been captured, Sheriff Scott Anslum said in a Monday evening news release.

Anslum said in the news release that officials determined that three deputies failed to follow proper security protocol following an internal affairs investigation into the facts surrounding the escape of the four inmates.

Authorities located three of the four inmates early Monday morning. Three deputies were also fired Monday after an investigation into the inmates’ escape found that they didn’t follow proper security protocol, the sheriff said.

Escape inmate, Elias Todd, 24, was caught late Monday after St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies continued to work a number of leads that lead deputies to his capture. Through this investigation, deputies learned that Todd had been dropped off at a home in Berwick. Deputies secured a search warrant for the home and located Todd, the sheriff said.

Two suspects were arrested Monday night and accused of assisting Todd in his escape from authorities. Randy Pinkerton, 21, and Trinity Todd, 23, both of Bayou Vista, were each arrested on a charge of assisting escape.

Deputies learned that Pinkerton and Trinity Todd provided transportation and a place to stay for Elias Todd, the sheriff said.

The sheriff’s office sent a news release at about 2 p.m. Sunday reporting that authorities were searching for four escaped inmates from the parish jail in Centerville.

The three other escaped inmates, William Deans, 40, and brothers Jamie Scarbrough, 28, and Tanner Scarbrough, 18, were found early Monday.

Following the completion of an internal investigation, three deputies were fired. The fired deputies, who allegedly failed to follow proper security protocol, were identified as Monica Murdock, Rosemary Johnson and Timothy Kiser. No criminal charges are being pursued against the deputies.

And no other official information has been released yet as to how the inmates may have escaped or exactly when the escape may have occurred.

With assistance from local agencies, Deans was located early Monday morning in Morgan City. Two other inmates, Jamie Scarbrough and Tanner Scarbrough , were located and apprehended in Picayune, Mississippi, by the Picayune Police Department. Jamie Scarbrough and Tanner Scarbrough were awaiting extradition to St. Mary Parish from Picayune, Mississippi, Anslum said.

Authorities also arrested four other suspects in connection with the inmates’ escape. Brooke Mcmanus, 26, of Patterson; Bernetta Pennison , 49, of Berwick; Brandon Collier, 22, of Morgan City; and William Haff, 37, of Berwick; were each arrested on a charge of assisting escape.

Pennison, originally identified as Bonita Federer, was also arrested on charges of misrepresentation during booking and a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of possession of marijuana.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies investigating an escape from the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center found evidence that Pennison, Mcmanus, Haff and Collier assisted inmates in escaping from the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center, Anslum said.

Authorities located Pennison, Mcmanus, Haff and Collier, and they were ultimately transported to parish jail. During the booking process, a booking deputy found evidence that Pennison attempted to use a different name and date of birth, and also held an active warrant for her arrest, Anslum said.

Deans had been in parish jail on a charge of domestic abuse by strangulation. Jamie Scarbrough was in jail on a charge of illegal possession of stolen things, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana; and Tanner Scarbrough had been incarcerated on charges of illegal possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated number. Todd was in jail on charges of theft of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction of justice, theft, and criminal damage to property.

Anslum thanked all the law enforcement agencies who were assisting in the effort along with citizens who provided numerous tips that assisted in the capture of the inmates.