New Orleans Sheriff Arrested, Indicted on 30 Felony Counts After 2025 Toilet Jailbreak
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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The first black woman to ever become sheriff in New Orleans is now on the other side of the law. Sheriff Susan Hutson has been indicted with 30 felony counts for last year’s brazen jailbreak of 10 inmates. Louisiana’s Attorney General said Sheriff Hutson didn’t personally open the doors for the inmates, but her inaction allowed and enabled their escape.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. It is Thursday, April 30th, and you remember that national story, |
| 0:13.2 | that headline-making jail break out of New Orleans last year. |
| 0:17.2 | Saw the video, you can see it in your mind now. |
| 0:19.2 | Remember those 10 inmates running out |
| 0:21.7 | of that New Orleans jail. Well, someone has now been charged in connection with that escape. |
| 0:30.7 | And it's the sheriff. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs, the sheriff |
| 0:36.8 | didn't get it with one or two or three |
| 0:39.3 | felony counts, not even 10, not even 20. This sheriff has now been hit with 30 charges |
| 0:47.5 | related to being really, really crappy at her job. Yes, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hudson |
| 0:54.1 | is facing, has been indicted on 30 |
| 0:58.2 | felony counts, all related to that May 2025 jailbreak of 10 inmates. It has been documented as one |
| 1:08.4 | of the largest and most brazen jail breaks in United States history. And it took |
| 1:15.3 | them until October before all 10 men were recaptured. What did you say? One of the most brazen, |
| 1:22.7 | one of the most something else you said. It's also one of the most hilarious. It's not, |
| 1:25.7 | these were some pretty hardened guys, but ropes. They're writing messages. They went out through a whole, like a lot of the details. And in the video, you just see, it was almost comedic, like something we see on a movie. These guys just are filing out of the jail. It was embarrassing. Yes, it was a toilet jail break is how it's been described, because basically they actually |
| 1:44.2 | want to... |
| 1:44.9 | So by the way, we should point this out. |
| 1:46.8 | 13 people had already been charged in relation to this jail break. |
| 1:53.9 | The sheriff and her CFO are the latest too. |
| 1:57.2 | Okay. |
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