10 inmates escape New Orleans jail
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Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish Justice Center, was arrested on Tuesday, ABC News reported, citing sources familiar with the arrest. Williams is accused of shutting off the water to a toilet off in order to aid in the escape of the inmates who climbed through a hole behind a toilet.
Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. Seven of them are still on the lam.
Outrage doesn’t begin to describe the reaction from New Orleanians and people around the state to the shocking mass breakout from the Orleans Justice Center, run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.
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