A special grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson.
A special grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson. A Louisiana sheriff has been indicted on over two dozen felony counts following alast year that saw 10 inmates escape from a New Orleans detention center, officials announced Wednesday.
A special grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson on 30 felony counts, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's office. Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer for the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, was also indicted on 20 felony counts, the office said.
"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," Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement. Hutson was indicted on 14 counts of malfeasance in office and four counts of conspiracy to commit malfeasance in office.
Additional counts included filing or maintaining false public records and obstruction of justice. A judge set her bond at $300,000. They are both expected to attend the status hearing on Thursday morning, prosecutors said. Murrill requested that Orleans Parish convene the special grand jury following the May 16, 2025, jailbreak, her office said. Copyright © 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.
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