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

The developments come as investigators made their first arrest related to the escape, beyond the recaptures themselves. Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance worker at the jail, was arrested ...

A jail employee has been arrested in connection with the breakout at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped last week.

A Louisiana jail worker has been arrested after admitting to helping a group of violent criminals escape by turning off the ...

The Louisiana State Police arrested a fourth inmate who escaped from a jail in New Orleans. Police say six more remain at large and should be considered dangerous.

In an arrest affidavit, Williams said one of the inmates who escaped had threatened to “shank” him if he did not turn off the ...

Sterling Williams, 33, a maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish Jail, was booked in Plaquemines Parish on a count of malfeasance in office and 10 counts of simple escape.

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

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employee following the escape of 10 inmates, the Louisiana ...

A maintenance worker shut off water at the jail, allowing the inmates to remove a toilet and sink fixture from a cell wall, ...

DA staff, victims say they’re in hiding. City leaders demand answers as fallout grows.