In an arrest affidavit, Sterling Williams said one of the inmates who later escaped had threatened to “shank” him if he did ...

A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a ...

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

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

A New Orleans jail worker has been charged with helping 10 inmates escape the jail.

A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a ...

The Louisiana attorney general announced the arrest of a jail employee in connection with the escape of 10 New Orleans ...

A lawyer for a worker charged with aiding the New Orleans jailbreak by 10 prisoners says the employee shut off water to ...

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