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New Orleans jail worker thought he was unclogging a toilet, not helping 10 escape, lawyer says

The defense attorney laid out a very different narrative than that presented by authorities a day earlier, when Williams, 33, was arrested.

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New Orleans jail maintenance worker arrested in escape, attorney argues inmates used him

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Worker at New Orleans jail arrested in connection with inmate escape

Mistrust in law enforcement complicates the search for the New Orleans jail escapees

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

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New Orleans jail inmates tried ceiling escape weeks before toilet jailbreak, court records show

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Search continues for 5 inmates in New Orleans jailbreak

Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures

The escape spread anxiety through one of America’s most beloved tourist cities, opening new wounds for victims’ relatives and forcing some into hiding.

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Third person charged with helping escaped New Orleans inmates

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More people arrested in New Orleans jailbreak. But 5 inmates still remain on the loose.

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Nine charged in connection with massive Orleans jailbreak, including maintenance worker

Sterling Williams, 33, the maintenance worker charged with aiding 10 inmates in the May 16 Orleans Justice Center escape, is being wrongly blamed, his attorney said. Lawyer Michael Kennedy said Williams was simply doing his job as the jail’s plumber when ...

New Orleans jail maintenance worker charged with aiding jailbreak

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

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Arrested New Orleans jail worker says he helped inmates to escape after stabbing threat

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 inmates.

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New Orleans jail worker charged with helping 10 inmates escape was just doing his job, his lawyer says

The worker, Sterling Williams ... Jason Williams and Attorney General Liz Murrill toured the jail Wednesday morning. Williams told reporters after the tour that “certainly more than one person ...