Warrants/Escape — New Orleans, LA — reported 2026-07-14
SUMMARY
Attorney General Liz Murrill has formally asked that Orleans Parish Judge Leon Roche be recused in the matter involving the 2025 jail escape in New Orleans.
KEY FACTS
- Incident type: Warrants/Escape
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date reported: 2026-07-14
- Suspect: not stated
REPORTED DETAILS
- The cases of all 10 escapees and others charged with aiding in the breakout were all assigned to Judge Roche.
- He has been handling matters on all cases on the jailbreak for over a year.
- Murrill filed the motion to have Roche recused yesterday.
- The Attorney General’s office is handling the prosecution of all escaped inmates, who were picked up at various times last year.
- Roche is the judge who presided over a grand jury that indicted the AG early this month.