Posted on 04/30/2026 9:20:36 AM PDT by DFG
A New Orleans sheriff has been indicted with 30 felony offenses in connection with a jail break last May, in which 10 inmates escaped.
On Wednesday, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced that Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson had been indicted by a special grand jury convened to investigate the May 16 escape at the Orleans Justice Center.
“While Sheriff Hutson did not personally open the doors of the jail for the escapees, her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements and to take even minimal precautions in the discharge of her duties directly contributed to and enabled the escape,” Murrill said in a statement.
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.
The sheriff's chief financial officer, Bianka Brown, was also indicted on the same charges but on 20 counts. Her bond was set at $200,000.
The sheriff's office for comment did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment. It wasn't immediately clear if either defendant had legal representation.
In their May escape, inmates were seen on security footage fleeing the jail and had left crude graffiti that boasted “To Easy Lol,” over the hole through which they escaped. The inmates, whose ages ranged from 19 to 42, were all eventually recaptured by October.
Murrill added in her statement that she was discussing how to improve the jail's security with Sheriff-elect Michelle Woodfork.
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Seems that 13% of the population hold 90% of police chief and mayor positions.
How many inmates was she banging?
DEI on display?
I got away from the New Orleans police one night in the French Quarter by having the instinct to press the up button on the elevator and then going down the fire escape, it was funny watching them fill the lobby of the hotel and searching for me and my buddy.
Good times.
Hotels with fire escapes? how do they stop room bill skippers?
Corruption in Nawlins??????? I can’t believe it!!!!!!!!😐
Is there a mugshot yet? That would be helpful.
“While Sheriff Hutson did not personally open the doors of the jail for the escapees, her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements and to take even minimal precautions in the discharge of her duties directly contributed to and enabled the escape,” Murrill said in a statement.”
She was in that position because black female and we all know it.
I have yet to come across a female police chief, sheriff etc. that shows the slightest bit of competence.
Examples include the new Orleans police chief and thst idiot in Cincinnati......fortunately that moron got fired recently.
Another DEI sack of excrement.
“her refusal to comply with basic legal requirements...”
Common knowledge if they’re told to do something they refuse to comply.
black thang
Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, was indicted on 20 counts by a special grand jury that charged her with malfeasance, falsifying public records, obstruction of justice and other charges.(Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office)
Photographer: I shot the sheriff, but I didn’t shoot no deputy, oh no, oh.
Even the escaped inmates couldn’t help but mock the Sheriff by leaving graffiti near their point of escape, saying:
“To Easy! Lol.” You expect your average inmate to make grammar errors, using “To” vs properly using “Too”.
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