NOLA Jailbreak: Maintenance Worker Accused of Being Scapegoat, Attorney Claims

Accusations Against Sterling Williams

• 🎯 Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker, is accused of helping 10 inmates escape a New Orleans jail by turning off the water to their cell.
• ⚖️ His attorney, Michael Kennedy, argues that Williams is being used as a scapegoat by the sheriff's department to deflect blame for the jailbreak.

Attorney's Defense of Williams

• 🧱 The attorney highlights the inmates' elaborate escape method, involving ripping a toilet off the wall, bending bars, scaling a wall, and crossing an interstate, questioning the focus on the maintenance worker.
• 💧 Williams admits to turning off the water, but states it was because the toilet was clogged and creating a biohazard.
• 🤝 He was asked by a deputy to look at the toilet despite no work order being filed, and he turned off the water as a necessary step to fix it.

Williams' State of Mind and Treatment

• 🤯 Kennedy describes Williams as overwhelmed, confused, and shocked rather than uncooperative during his arrest, emphasizing his five years of unblemished service.
• 🏥 Williams is being housed outside the parish for safety reasons and is reportedly being treated well, despite the circumstances.