Sheriff Susan Hutson, who rode a progressive wave to office on a pledge to reform New Orleans’ long-troubled jail, will leave that post under criminal indictment after a grand jury accused her Wednesday of violating dozens of state corruption counts.
The indictment charges Hutson, 59, with 14 counts of malfeasance in office, four counts of conspiracy to commit malfeasance, three counts of filing or maintaining false public records and three more counts of conspiracy, three counts of obstruction of justice, and three conspiracy counts for obstruction.
Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer of the sheriff’s office, was charged with 20 similar counts…