Sterling Williams, a New Orleans jail plumber​ accused of helping 10 inmates break out​ of an Orleans Parish correctional facility in May, pleaded not guilty Thursday.

Williams just a 'tool,' lawyer says Kennedy told the AP that after a deputy called Williams to fix a toilet, he found it overflowing. "This was clearly all part of an orchestrated plan," Kennedy said.

The worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about the men's plan and did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet to create an opening for their escape, attorney Michael Kennedy told ...

Williams, 33, was arrested Tuesday. Authorities have said an inmate instructed Williams to turn off the water to a toilet, leading to one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history.

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 ...