69 h. ago Men who escaped New Orleans jail had hourslong head start before staff knew they were gone

Days after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, five have apprehended and five remain at large

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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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4 d. ago New Orleans prison break reward doubled after 10 inmates escaped in outrageous way

Inmates who escaped from a New Orleans prison have sparked a massive manhunt – the FBI have doubled the reward for information that leads to their recapture

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5 d. ago Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 remain on the lam

Officials have increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet

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6 d. ago Three Orleans Parish Justice Center staff suspended after ten inmates escape from hole in cell

Three employees at the the Orleans Parish Justice Center have been placed on suspension without pay pending the outcome of the investigation after ten inmates escaped yesterday

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6 d. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know about 10 inmates who escaped Louisiana jail

Three employees have been suspended as sheriff claims breakout may be tied up in politics around an upcoming sheriff’s election

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7 d. ago Eleven prisoners escape through hole in the wall and leave taunts to guards

The men - who include at least three convicted of murder and others guilty of attempted murder and have been described as 'armed and dangerous' - escaped from the Orleans Justice Center prison

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison escape as 10 'armed and dangerous' men at large

Eleven men escaped through a hole made in a wall at the jail, with one captured so far.

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison break LIVE: Murderers among 11 armed men to escape via hole

Members of the public are being urged to remain alert and not to approach a group of 11 'armed and dangerous' men who escaped from a prison in New Orleans - only one of them has been caught

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3 w. ago We want to escape the migrant hotel storm that made our village a 'hell hole'

EXCLUSIVE: Despairing homeowners of multi-million pound properties in a leafy village in the shadow of Windsor Castle say the introduction of asylum seekers has made their homes unsellable.

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