Lawyer says New Orleans jail worker shut off toilet water, unaware of escape plan involving 10 inmates last week.

Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish Justice Center, was arrested and booked into jail Tuesday ...

Sterling Williams, the 33-year-old maintenance worker who was jailed after ten prisoners escaped from a jail in New Orleans, revealed why he assisted them.

A maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish jail says he helped 10 inmates escape after being threatened by one of them, ...

Sterling Williams, 33, was a maintenance worker who cut the water to a jail cell, allowing 10 men to escape, investigators ...

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, sparking a massive search for the group.

The accused, 33-year-old Sterling Williams, is facing one count of malfeasance in office and 10 counts of principal to simple ...

Police have arrested a maintenance worker who is suspected of helping 10 inmates break out of a New Orleans jail on Friday, ...

Meanwhile, an inmate threatened to stab the employee with a "shank," a homemade knife, according to the employee's statement ...

Fifth Fugitive Arrested from OPSO Inmate Escape Law enforcement agencies working collectively to locate the inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility on May 16, 2025, have ...

Louisiana State Police announced the arrests of Cortnie Harris, 32, and Corvanntay Baptiste, 38, in a Wednesday news release.

According to an arrest affidavit, maintenance worker Sterling Williams admitted to turning off water in a jail cell, which ...