2 arrested in plot to help inmates escape New Orleans jail
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The Louisiana attorney general announced the arrest of a jail employee in connection with the escape of 10 New Orleans inmates.
Maintenance worker Sterling Williams is accused of helping 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans jail by turning off water to the cell from which they fled. His attorney, Michael Kennedy, tells “Banfield" his client is being railroaded for the embarrassing jailbreak to divert attention.
DA staff, victims say they’re in hiding. City leaders demand answers as fallout grows.
State officials have said they have been able to track down and rearrest five of the 10 inmates who escaped last Friday morning, May 16, in a daring breakout that Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson called an “inside job,” according to USA Today .
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