10 h. ago Five New Orleans jailbreak fugitives still at large as police arrest alleged helpers

Several people held in connection with jailbreak as manhunt enters second week and criticisms mount over jail managementSeveral people have been arrested on accusations of helping some of the 10 men who broke out of New Orleans’ jail on 16 May – and half of the escapers remained on the run as a manhunt for them entered its second week, according to authorities.Police said on Friday that they had booked Casey Smith, 30, a day earlier on allegations that she provided transportation to at least two of the escapers in the hours after the jailbreak. She had allegedly admitted to doing that alongside another woman whom police took into custody on Wednesday, identified as 32-year-old Cortnie Harris, Smith’s cousin and the girlfriend of one of the escaped men, Leo Tate, 31. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago New Orleans' jail system was troubled decades before 10 inmates made an audacious escape

The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that conditions were ripe for catastrophe

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34 h. ago Mistrust in law enforcement complicates the search for the New Orleans jail escapees

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from a jailbreak, they're also confronting a history of mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system

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43 h. ago New council leader aims to be a 'unifier' despite major divisions

Independent Councillor Brian Connolly has been elected as Leader of South Ayrshire Council, replacing Conservative Martin Dowey who is accused of making promises to help a businessman secure a major contract.

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56 h. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 5 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

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59 h. ago Lawyer says worker accused of helping New Orleans jailbreak was unclogging toilet, not aiding escape

A lawyer for a worker charged with aiding the New Orleans jailbreak by 10 prisoners says the employee shut off water to unclog a toilet, not to allow the men to cut the pipe to open an escape route

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2 d. ago Third man is charged over alleged Keir Starmer arson attacks: Ukrainian national accused of helping two other suspects light fires at properties and car linked to PM

Ukrainian national Petro Pochynok, 34, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

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3 d. ago Maintenance worker arrested for aiding New Orleans jail escape says inmate threatened to ‘shank’ him

Jail worker charged with malfeasance over assisting escape

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3 d. ago New Orleans jail maintenance worker arrested on allegations he helped 10 inmates escape

Investigators arrested Sterling Williams, who allegedly admitted he turned water off to toilet covering hole in wallA maintenance worker at New Orleans’s jail has been arrested on allegations that he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in the wall that 10 men who escaped from the facility early Friday used for their getaway.Investigators arrested 33-year-old jail maintenance worker Sterling Williams after he allegedly admitted to officials that one of the men “advised him to turn the water off in the cell” before the men slipped away through the hole in the wall at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC), the Louisiana attorney general’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Second man is charged over alleged Keir Starmer arson attacks: Romanian national accused of helping Ukrainian light series of fires at properties linked to PM

Stanislav Carpiuc, 26, of Romford, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning.

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7 d. ago Ten people break out of New Orleans jail, including man convicted of killings

Local, state and federal officials launch ‘full-scale’ search and warn people who escaped are ‘armed and dangerous’Ten people in custody at the New Orleans jail, including a man convicted of four killings, escaped early on Friday morning.The escapes prompted local, state and federal officials to launch a “full-scale search operation” and warn community members to be on the lookout for “armed and dangerous” individuals.This article was amended on 16 May 2025 to update the number of people who escaped as well as how many had been caught, based on newer information. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Eleven people break out of New Orleans jail, including man convicted of killings

Local, state and federal officials launch ‘full-scale’ search and warn escapers are ‘armed and dangerous’Eleven people in custody at the New Orleans’s jail, including a man convicted of four killings, escaped early on Friday morning.The escapes prompted local, state and federal officials to launch a “full-scale search operation” and warn community members to be on the lookout for “armed and dangerous” individuals. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man dodge immigration agents seeks donations for attorneys

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man illegally evade immigration agents is seeking donations to fund her defense

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9 d. ago A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration agents is set to enter a plea

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade U.S. immigration authorities is set to enter a plea in federal court

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9 d. ago Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan indicted on accusations she helped a migrant avoid ICE agents

Milwaukee justice facing six years in prison for allegedly helping undocumented migrant flee her courthouse

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1 week ago Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge in immigration case, allowing charges to continue

A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities

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2 w. ago Texas jail guard accused of helping and laughing as four inmates killed another prisoner over $40 debt

Bexar County jail detention officer Clemente Lopez Jr., 20, is accused of allowing four other inmates beat 46-year-old Francisco Bazan to death on April 28.

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2 w. ago Man accused of trying to abduct a child at Walmart released on bond after new video surfaces

Mahendra Patel, 57, said he asked a woman with two children to help him find Tylenol but she accused him of trying to kidnap her son

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2 w. ago Australian 'mushroom poisoner' was 'reluctant' to show guests her kitchen pantry at beef Wellington lunch that left three dead, sole survivor tells court

He said the accused also rejected offers of help before serving up the dish - a beef Wellington entirely encased in pastry and filled with 'steak and mushrooms'

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3 w. ago Iran executes man accused of helping Israel kill Revolutionary Guards colonel

Mohsen Langarneshin is accused of being ‘senior spy’ for Mossad, but human rights groups say he was innocentIran has executed a 36-year-old man it accused of helping the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, kill a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran in 2022. Iranian state media said Mohsen Langarneshin was hanged, the usual method of execution in Iran, at Ghezel Hesar prison early on Wednesday morning.Langarneshin’s family and human rights groups insisted the former IT consultant was innocent of the charges against him and that any reported confessions were obtained by torture or blackmail. Continue reading...

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