Breaking news update, published at 2:01 p.m. ET] Five suspected accomplices have been arrested for allegedly helping some of ...

New Orleans — Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson faced a new round of criticism Thursday over last week's brazen jailbreak and her ...

Sterling Williams' attorney said he was not threatened into helping the inmates escape and that he was simply the maintenance worker on duty the night of the plot.

In an arrest affidavit, Sterling Williams said one of the inmates who later escaped had threatened to “shank” him if he did ...