The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

NOPD arrested Casey Smith, accused of assisting two inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center. Smith faces accessory charges after the fact to simple escape.

A retired FBI expert says the New Orleans jail escape exposes critical staffing shortage and other issues after 10 inmates escaped on Friday, May 16.

After a week on the run, five of 10 inmates are still missing from a New Orleans jail and four people have been charged with helping them.

The Washington Post investigation published this week reported that New Orleans police were using Project N.O.L.A.'s network of facial recognition cameras to monitor the streets for wanted suspects over the past two years in ways that appeared "out of step" with the local ordinance.

On Monday, Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance worker at the jail, was arrested on charges that he shut off water to a cell that the inmates used in the escape by removing a toilet from the wall, the office of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said.

As the fugitive search enters a second week, fears are increasingly giving way to frustration, anger and a desire for accountability.

New Orleans' weather forecast suggests sunny skies with highs around 89°F and a slight chance of evening showers.

Breaking news update, published at 2:01 p.m. ET] Five suspected accomplices have been arrested for allegedly helping some of the 10 escapees who broke out of the Orleans Justice

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