John Simerman

2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Kasey Bubnash |John Simerman

An Orleans Parish jail employee who was arrested Monday and accused of helping 10 inmates escape the jail was identified as 33-year-old Sterling Williams. Williams was booked in Plaquemines Parish on a count of malfeasance in office and 10 counts of simple escape, according to online jail records. A law enforcement source familiar with the case said Williams was a maintenance worker at the jail.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | John Simerman |Justin Mitchell

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2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | John Simerman |Justin Mitchell

An Orleans Parish Prison maintenance worker was arrested Monday night and is accused of helping facilitate the escape of 10 inmates in a Friday jailbreak, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the case. This is the first arrest made in relation to the case outside of the re-capturing of the inmates. Four of the eleven escapees had been captured by Tuesday morning. All of the men who have been detained again were found in the New Orleans area.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Jillian Kramer |Missy Wilkinson |John Simerman

Three of the 10 men who joined in a brazen jailbreak Friday morning in New Orleans sat inside the lockup for nearly two years or longer before their run for freedom, records show, a duration that is common in Orleans Parish, where a spotlight now hovers over Sheriff Susan Hutson and an understaffed jail stretched to capacity.

3 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | John Simerman

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson and her top jail deputy provided new details Friday afternoon on a mass escape from the city lockup, saying that nine inmates remain on the loose as she suggested an inside job while accusing rivals of playing politics. “All of our energy at OPSO is going towards getting these folks back into custody and finding out exactly what happened,” Hutson said at an afternoon news conference.