Overview
- On May 27, Sheriff Susan Hutson filed a motion asking Judge Nandi Campbell to recuse District Attorney Jason Williams from the jailbreak investigation.
- Hutson argues Williams’ involvement gives an unfair advantage to his preferred candidate, Michelle Woodfork, in the upcoming sheriff’s election.
- Williams has asked Attorney General Liz Murrill to take over the probe into operational failures and has subpoenaed records from the sheriff’s office.
- Two inmates, Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves, remain at large as of May 29 with rewards increased to $50,000 each for tips leading to their capture.
- More than a dozen individuals, including a jail maintenance worker, have been arrested for allegedly assisting the breakout through a hole behind a toilet.