NEW ORLEANS —

Hundreds of sensitive criminal court records, including files tied to rapes and capital murder cases, were accidentally thrown out and buried in the Gentilly Landfill by city employees.

Orleans Clerk of Court Darren Lombard called it both preventable and deeply disturbing. Advertisement

“It made me sick to my stomach to see that and knowing the reason why it's there and still reflecting and thinking about what, what could have been prevented by the use of technology in previous years,” said Lombard.

The documents were supposed to be securely stored in trailers located at the city of New Orleans’ Public Works yard. But instead of remaining locked and protected, Lombard said two trailers containing decades’ worth of case files were moved without notice, and the contents we

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