Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind ...

Sterling Williams' attorney said he was not threatened into helping the inmates escape and that he was simply the maintenance worker on duty the night of the plot.

Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance worker at the jail, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the jailbreak. Authorities previously said that Williams had been instructed by one of the ...

Maintenance worker charged in New Orleans jail escape said inmate threatened to shank him Sterling Williams, 33, is accused of cutting off the water so 10 inmates could escape through a hole ...

Sterling Williams, a former jail maintenance worker, was expected to face a judge, but his hearing was pushed back to next month.

Jail worker Sterling Williams, 33, charged with malfeasance over assisting escape. Josh Marcus. in San Francisco. Tuesday 20 May 2025 18:54 BST.

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

A New Orleans jail maintenance worker was charged Tuesday with helping 10 men break out of the jail last week, the first such arrest in the case.. Sterling Williams, 33, was hit with 10 counts of ...

A maintenance worker is accused of turning off the water in a cell, allowing 10 inmates to escape, the Louisiana attorney general’s office alleges. His lawyer says he is innocent.

Sterling Williams' attorney said he was not threatened into helping the inmates escape and that he was simply the maintenance worker on duty the night of the plot.

National News A maintenance worker is charged in connection with the New Orleans jail break In an arrest affidavit, Sterling Williams said one of the inmates who later escaped had threatened to ...

New Orleans jail worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about the men’s plan and did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet for their escape, attorney Michael Kennedy said.