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Authorities say one of the largest jailbreaks in modern New Orleans history may have hinged on a single maintenance worker. Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old employee at the Orleans Justice Center with no prior disciplinary record,
Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish Justice Center, was arrested on Tuesday, ABC News reported, citing sources familiar with the arrest. Williams is accused of shutting off the water to a toilet off in order to aid in the escape of the inmates who climbed through a hole behind a toilet.
Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. Seven of them are still on the lam.
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