By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer
District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro has charged former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Deputy William Thompson with malfeasance in office after the deputy allegedly abandoned his post, allowing an inmate on suicide watch to kill himself.
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman issued a warrant for Thompson’s arrest on Aug. 17. Thompson was assigned to watch inmate William Goetzee, who died in jail after swallowing toilet paper on Aug. 7.
