Say what you want about former Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, but I think the sheriff gig is the toughest elected position in the entire city, and she had a bad, bad hand.
Now she’s been hit with a 30-count indictment. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill conducted an investigation mostly focused on last year’s jailbreak. She got 14 counts of malfeasance in office, three of filing or maintaining false public records, three of obstruction of justice and 10 conspiracy charges based on those alleged crimes. Her chief financial officer, Bianka Brown, was indicted as well. She was hit with 20 similar counts.
The 23-page indictment had zero specifics about what Hutson and Brown did. It was a nothingburger. The meat was in a 10-page affidavit in support of the arrest warrant. Surely this would be the “gotcha” package outlining the specifics of how Hutson took criminal actions as sheriff…