Maddie Kerth

1 week ago | fox8live.com | Maddie Kerth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For over a week now, New Orleans drivers moving around Carrolton Avenue are wondering, “Why is the garbage truck still there?”The truck’s driver crashed into a steel support beam while trying to get on I-10 West. Scott Boyle with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) says there’s a good reason crews didn’t pull the truck out right after it crashed last Monday (May 19).

2 weeks ago | kalb.com | Ken Daley |Maddie Kerth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two women accused of assisting Orleans Justice Center jail escapees this week have been arrested, the Louisiana State Police said Wednesday (May 21). Courtnie Harris of New Orleans, 32, and Corvanntay Baptiste of Slidell, 38, each was booked with accessory after the fact to the May 16 escape. Harris is accused of being in contact by phone to assist one of the five fugitives still at large.

2 weeks ago | wlbt.com | Ken Daley |Maddie Kerth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two women accused of assisting Orleans Justice Center jail escapees this week have been arrested, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday (May 21). Courtnie Harris of New Orleans, 32, and Corvanntay Baptiste of Slidell, 38, each were booked with accessory after the fact to the May 16 escape. Harris is accused of being in contact by phone to assist one of the five fugitives still at large.

2 weeks ago | kalb.com | Chris Joseph |Maddie Kerth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In a tense public hearing Tuesday, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson publicly apologized for last Friday’s jailbreak that allowed 10 inmates to escape from the Orleans Justice Center. Facing mounting political pressure and calls to resign, Hutson told the New Orleans City Council she takes full responsibility for the failures of the jail. The hearing comes as the manhunt for six remaining escapees enters its fifth day.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Chris Joseph |Maddie Kerth

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In a tense public hearing Tuesday, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson publicly apologized for last Friday’s jailbreak that allowed 10 inmates to escape from the Orleans Justice Center. Facing mounting political pressure and calls to resign, Hutson told the New Orleans City Council she takes full responsibility for the failures of the jail. The hearing comes as the manhunt for six remaining escapees enters its fifth day.