
A 33-year-old Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office maintenance worker, Sterling Williams, was arrested for allegedly aiding the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center, as announced by the Attorney General’s office.
“At this point we’ve kind of zeroed in on the maintenance worker turning the water off over a period of time.”
Williams confessed to turning off the water in a cell as instructed by an inmate, enabling the group to escape through a hole behind a toilet. Murrill says he was identified after reviewing footage and interviewing employees who had directly interacted with inmates.
“We always had an interest in anybody who had come into contact with that particular pod and what their involvement was with both the pod physically and those individuals who were assigned to it.”
Williams faces 10 counts of principal to simple escape and malfeasance in office. Murrill says it’s an ongoing investigation and urges anyone involved to turn themselves in.
“We encourage people, even if they were involved in this matter its better for them to come forward now and talk to us about it. They would get better treatment if they came forward voluntarily.”
Four out of the ten inmates have been captured.
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