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News & Current Events Apr 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM

New Orleans sheriff indicted on charges of failing to prevent jailbreak and escape of 10 inmates

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New Orleans sheriff indicted on charges of failing to prevent jailbreak and escape of 10 inmates
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New Orleans sheriff indicted on charges of failing to prevent jailbreak and escape of 10 inmates
Louisiana's attorney general said that while the sheriff didn’t “personally open the doors of the jail for the escapees, her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements and to take even minimal precautions" enabled the escape.
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ZenRage May 1, 2026 +33
>The 30-count indictment in charges includes malfeasance in public office, filing or maintaining false records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit these alleged offenses. Her bond was set at $300,000. FFS: It's *New Orleans*. "malfeasance in public office, filing or maintaining false records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy" is their city motto. (It sounds better in French.)
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AudibleNod Apr 30, 2026 +141
>The 30-count indictment in charges includes malfeasance in public office, filing or maintaining false records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit these alleged offenses. Her bond was set at $300,000. This sounds a lot like someone else I read about in the news.
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[deleted] Apr 30, 2026 +48
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SomewhereNo8378 Apr 30, 2026 +38
Seems like it was due to infrastructure failure- defective locks, and a badly designed toilet Was she responsible for making those planning decisions?
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Earl_E_Byrd Apr 30, 2026 +15
Her defense will say "no" and they'll be right, but if there's proof the she knowingly rubber stamped something shady, like falsified security inspections, or that she was purposefully dodging her responsibilities towards infrastructure maintenance, then she's still gonna get popped for that. 
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frank_datank_ Apr 30, 2026 +7
> How do you lose ten whole inmates and still have a job the next day Sheriffs in New Orleans are voted into office, so it’s not as easy as just saying “You’re fired”. There’s a process
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BathroomOrangutan Apr 30, 2026 +3
I am from New Orleans and it is because it’s New Orleans. Wait till yall hear about the sewage and water board. I miss it every day but god damn Nola is such a mess
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TSonly Apr 30, 2026 +2
Ask Liu Bang
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Calledinthe90s Apr 30, 2026 +70
I wonder whether availability of funds for upgrades played a role?
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boston_homo Apr 30, 2026 +170
Of course a cop suffers legal consequences, when they’re a woman of color.
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gunsandgardening Apr 30, 2026 +60
Indicted does not mean convicted. Cops are indicted all the time, but conviction is a much larger legal hurdle.
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spleeble Apr 30, 2026 +91
Cops are also *not* indicted when they should be all the time. 
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gunsandgardening Apr 30, 2026 -20
I mean if a grand jury doesn't indict them then is that not the process working? If a prosecutor doesn't bring charges due to case law backing the cop's action(s), then that is the process working as well.
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smthomaspatel May 1, 2026 +5
My understanding is the general perception within the legal community is that a prosecutor has so much control over the grand jury process they can decide whether or not they want the grand jury to indict. The saying is you "could indict a ham sandwich." Meaning when a grand jury doesn't indict, it's usually because the prosecutor didn't want it to. Common enough in the case of police officers, where a prosecutor can say they tried but at the same time play ball with the department.
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michoudi Apr 30, 2026 +17
What if a prosecutor doesn’t bring charges due to corruption?
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gunsandgardening Apr 30, 2026 -11
And how many times has a prosecutor ever been sanctioned for corruption for not bringing charges against a police officer? Why would they risk their own career for that? Further, prosecutors are generally elected. If they choose not to change, thats the choice of the people who voted them in.
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Cain_Virethorn Apr 30, 2026 -29
Waa, acabers crying.
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boston_homo Apr 30, 2026 +14
An indictment is a legal consequence
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Juice1984 Apr 30, 2026 +26
Only reason to focus on her race is because you didnt read the article...
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donkeybrainhero Apr 30, 2026 -7
You obviously didn't understand the point of the comment
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Juice1984 May 1, 2026 +12
I think I did. Cops get away with murder u less it's a poc. But her race really is a dumb focus considering if you read she falsified documents etc to hide how bad things were.
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smthomaspatel May 1, 2026 +1
The assumption being doing that is commonplace. It should all be prosecuted, but somehow it's only prosecuted against certain people. To grab something well-known, the two correctional officers blamed for negligence in the Epstein case, who are pinned as having falsified logs, had their charges dropped.
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Juice1984 May 1, 2026 +4
Whataboutism is not helpful and making generalized statements like no one who is"white or whatever" ever get convicted is silly. Massive news story versus local sherif not quite apples to apples.
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smthomaspatel May 1, 2026 +3
Clearly you don't believe there is massive corruption in policing. So there's really nowhere to go here. I would ask you to open your eyes and ears a bit, but it's your life, you do what you choose.
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Juice1984 May 1, 2026
Where is that coming from? You are just making stupid statements over and over. Where did I say police are aboveboard and they should not be prosecuted. What are you talking about? Trying to sound intellectual instead of actually understanding my point at every level is weird. Literally I am in support of her conviction... So that negates your point before it starts. Also I don't care about her race you do, and the other op does... which further negates your point about wanting all corruption stamped out. Because if you actually want that her race should not matter. Only her actions which are as the article states likely corrupt.
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smthomaspatel May 1, 2026 +1
I (probably) support her conviction, but I recognize the pattern that the good ol boys rarely get charged with these things yet they are the ones upholding these corrupt traditions.
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Juice1984 May 1, 2026 +1
Except again your point is made null by the fact the she isn't a good ol boy. And perhaps corruption is a policing issues and not race one? We would as a society do alot better to stop whining about race etc and focus on inequality where it actually exists between people in power and thoughs without.
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NoNature518 Apr 30, 2026 -18
fr fr she aint evan do nothin
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GeorgeStark1 Apr 30, 2026 +7
Makes sense: The 30-count indictment in charges includes malfeasance in public office, filing or maintaining false records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit these alleged offenses.
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No-Celebration3097 Apr 30, 2026 +12
Definitely because it’s a woman. I don’t think for one minute a man would be indicted for this.
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Kurise May 2, 2026 +3
Totally for sure. Men are never held accountable for their actions. SLAY QUEEN!
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NervousBeat16 Apr 30, 2026 -7
Being a woman does not recuse you of ensuring a jail under your watch is secure. Let the case play out, but for a grand jury to have seen evidence to move forward, tells us that she failed in her role, and a man would face the same charges.
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Mikestopheles Apr 30, 2026 +3
How is that a criminal offense?
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GeorgeStark1 Apr 30, 2026 +11
The 30-count indictment in charges includes malfeasance in public office, filing or maintaining false records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit these alleged offenses.
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Mikestopheles Apr 30, 2026 +2
Still not the same as failed her role. I'm all for seeing the indictment through. There is almost certainly more to the story than we the public have. But, to not ignore the politics, especially with Liz Murill and in light of recent federal prosecutions that appear to lack any real merit, I'm highly skeptical about there being an actual *crime* being committed here. And, for the record, this is my city and I'm no fan of Hutson.
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NervousBeat16 May 1, 2026
A sheriff’s role has legally mandated duties. They are aware of those when they take their oath of office. Asking how it’s NOT criminal is a wild take when majority of those inmates were in custody for violent charges. She had a responsibility to the general law abiding public to ensure their safety by maintaining a secure facility. That includes the people she has under her supervision for employment. To put it all on the maintenance worker was brazen of her, given even he was under her command. But criminal charges come directly from the laws she’s required to uphold for herself in that role. I have that same stance for ANY law enforcement officer too. They are and should be held to higher standards.
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spleeble Apr 30, 2026 -12
Criminal charges for being bad at your job doesn't really sit right with me. 
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NorthernFrosty Apr 30, 2026 +25
> Criminal charges for being bad at your job doesn't really sit right with me. How do you feel about that Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, the guy who allegedly removed a patient's liver during a surgery to remove an enlarged spleen, resulting in the patient's death. The guy even told the patient's wife after the procedure that the “spleen” was so diseased that it was four times bigger than usual, and had migrated to the other side of Bryan’s body... A huge clue to any competent doctor that it wasn't the spleen. I feel that guy deserves criminal charges for being bad at his job.
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spleeble Apr 30, 2026 -9
I think that's very different in a bunch of important ways. 
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Theguest217 May 1, 2026 -4
I'd say this really depends on if he is self employed or works for some provider. If he was actually incompetent (meaning we have ruled out intentional murder) and he has an employer, I feel like it is the employers responsibility to regularly review and assess the skills of a doctor they have on staff. And whatever school gave him his degree certainly is to blame as well. Also, the government should have some measure in place as well to mandate those sorts of evaluations are taking pace as well...
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Corosis99 May 1, 2026 +15
If you read the article you would know that this goes much further than being bad at her job. Being incompetent is one thing, but fraud is another entirely.
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spleeble May 1, 2026 -6
Please tell me where in the article it says she's being charged with fraud.  Edit: here's a more detailed article. This has nothing to do with fraud. The sheriff and the CFO were saying they didn't have sufficient funds to transport inmates for court appearances. An internal investigation said otherwise. That's it.  https://www.fox8live.com/2026/04/30/warrants-accuse-orleans-sheriff-repeatedly-ignoring-jail-warnings-before-inmate-escape/ This is not fraud, theft, or any other criminal activity. This is about how public officials performed their jobs. 
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EtherealPheonix May 1, 2026 +10
>The 30-count indictment charges include malfeasance in public office, filing or maintaining false records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit these alleged offenses Maintaining false records is fraud, while the article doesn't specify whether this was some sort of corruption or just an attempt to cover up incompetence that absolutely is fraud. the 2nd article your linked specifically discusses her making false statements about the budget and staffing of her department.
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spleeble May 1, 2026 -2
So you're not even going to try to understand what's going on? You're just going to read a few words in an article and make a bunch of unfounded assumptions?  The charges are mostly about whether the sheriff's claim that they didn't have funds to transport inmates to court was true. Those are the "false records". As far as I can tell this is a politically motivated prosecution, but you've decided it's "fraud" because that word *didn't* appear in the article.  Stellar media literacy on your part. People like you are exactly why prosecutors file bogus cases like this in the first place. 
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EtherealPheonix May 1, 2026 +8
F*** off moron, don't accuse me of poor reading when your entire analysis consists of ctrl-f and looking for one keyword.
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andyroid92 May 3, 2026
Even if your job is protection of society from convicted criminals?
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spleeble May 3, 2026 -1
I see that you added "convicted" because we can't have cops facing consequences, right?
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BusyHands_ Apr 30, 2026 -10
Trump most likely pushed this to happen since she is a Black Woman... Yet when white cops break in and shoot Breanna Taylor for sleeping her own house.. Crickets.
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