US EditionNew Orleans Jail Worker Arrested as Search for Six Escaped Inmates Continue
- Sterling Williams, a maintenance employee at the Orleans Parish jail, was taken into custody on Monday for allegedly assisting in the breakout of ten prisoners from the facility the previous Friday.
- Williams helped by turning off the water to remove a toilet and allowing inmates to escape through a hole behind it, with defective locks and staffing shortages contributing to the escape.
- Following the escape early May 16, a multiagency task force formed to find fugitives, with four inmates recaptured by Monday and six still at large and considered armed and dangerous.
- Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson emphasized that it is highly unlikely for anyone to leave the facility without some form of internal assistance.
- The arrest triggered suspension of three jail employees pending investigation, and lawmakers introduced bills to require immediate public notification from jails statewide.
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Lawyer says New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet
NEW ORLEANS — A jail maintenance worker accused of aiding 10 inmates in a high-profile escape says he was blindsided, not complicit. According to his attorney, Sterling Williams had no idea he was helping to set off one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history—he thought he was just unclogging a toilet. “This was […] The post Lawyer says New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet appeared first on The Black Wall Street Ti…
Authorities arrest a seventh person accused of helping fugitives who escaped from a New Orleans jail
By Matt Rehbein, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have arrested a seventh person in connection with the escape of 10 inmates from a Louisiana jail, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Emmitt Weber, 28, faces a charge of accessory after the fact of simple escape, police announced in a Friday evening news release. Earlier in the day, Trevon Williams, already in jail on unrelated charges, was arrested and rebooked facin…
New Orleans jail worker arrested for allegedly assisting in escape of 10 inmates
A maintenance employee at a New Orleans jail has been taken into custody for allegedly aiding in the escape of 10 inmates late last week, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The arrest comes as the search for the six remaining fugitives continues into its fifth day. Officials identified four of those still at large—Corey Boyd, Lenton Vanburen, Jermaine Donald, and Derrick Groves—as facing second-degree murder charges. According to Louisiana Attorne…
CT was forced to buy 30,000 bottles of water. And to rent 30 portable toilets. Here’s why.
It was the second time in a year that a failed pipe led to water disruption. Water service for about 2,900 Connecticut inmates was lost overnight Sunday into Monday morning, and the Department of Correction ended up ordering more than 30,000 bottles of water and renting more than 30 portable toilets. The outage affected the Robinson, Osborn and Cybulski correctional facilities, all part of the massive prison campus straddling the Enfield-Somers…
‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ confident NoLa prison break was an ‘inside job’
Ten inmates escaping from Orleans Parish Justice Center is no coincidence, according to “Dog the Bounty Hunter.” Although the investigation is ongoing, Duane Chapman told Fox News he believes the escape is “definitely an inside job.” Ten inmates escaped from the New Orleans jail early Friday morning, and six remain on the run as of Tuesday evening. “What is 10 felons doing in one cell? How did they ever get out of there without anyone watching …
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