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New Orleans sheriff indicted following investigation into monthslong prison jailbreak

New York Post·Associated Press·about 1 month ago
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A grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Louisiana sheriff whose office came under investigation after 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail in an audacious escape that happened on her watch. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is not accused of helping the inmates pull off the brazen jailbreak through a hole behind a toilet, setting off a monthslong search before all the escapees were eventually captured. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said a state probe instead found that Hutson’s poor management of the jail led to the escape. The 30-count indictment handed up by a New Orleans grand jury charges Hutson with malfeasance, obstruction of justice and falsifying public records. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said a state probe found that Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson’s poor management of the jail led to the escape.…

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