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.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The maintenance worker accused of helping 10 inmates escape the Orleans Parish Jail has pleaded not guilty. Sterling Williams appeared via Zoom before an Orleans Parish Criminal ...

The manhunt continues for Derreck Groves, the last and most dangerous inmate still at large.

Sterling Williams, a maintenance man at the Orleans Justice Center, was charged Tuesday by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of ...

Nine of the 10 men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence have pleaded not guilty to escape charges.

State authorities in Louisiana this week charged Sterling Williams with aiding in the escape of 10 inmates at a New Orleans jail and one count of malfeasance in office, two months after the ...

According to the sheriff's office, officials misidentified Khalil Bryan for another person with the same name. He is facing ...

This photo combo shows inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail, from left top: Keith A Lewis, Dkenan Dennis, Gary C Price, bottom from left, Robert Moody, Kendell Myles, Corey E Boyd.

Khalil Bryan was mistakenly released from New Orleans jail on July 25, 2025, due to a clerical error, prompting Sheriff Susan Hutson’s apology and an investigation., US News, Times Now ...

The error comes as the jail and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office are still reeling from the escape of 10 inmates in the early morning hours of May 16 when authorities say the inmates exited through ...