Authorities investigate how inmate was mistakenly released from Oklahoma County Detention Center
Updated: 1:48 PM CDT Jun 21, 2021
Authorities investigate how inmate was mistakenly released from Oklahoma County Detention Center
Updated: 1:48 PM CDT Jun 21, 2021
AT:0 90 A.M. NEW TODAY, THE OKLAHOMA UNCOTY JAIL MISTAKENLY RELEASES AN INMATE. ACCORDING TO ONLINE COURT RECORDS, THE STATE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR REIMUNDO CUEVAS FRIDAY. BACK IN RIAPL, HE PLEADED GUILTY TO EIGHT DIFFERENT CHARGES AND WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON. A JAIL SPOKESPERSON TOLD THE OKLAHOMAN THAT IT APPEARS HE WAS FREED DUE TO "HUMAN ERROR." A TIPSTER ALERTED THE JAIL LAST WEEK. TODAY,HE O TKLAHOMAN REPORTS THAT CUEVAS IS BACK IN CUSTODY AFTER TURNING HIEL
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Authorities investigate how inmate was mistakenly released from Oklahoma County Detention Center
Updated: 1:48 PM CDT Jun 21, 2021
Authorities are looking into how an inmate was mistakenly released from the Oklahoma County Detention Center back in April.According to officials with the jail, on April 12, Reimundo Cuevas was sentenced to the Department of Corrections custody for 25 years. On April 21, officials said he was mistakenly released from the jail. “We are investigating how this mistake occurred to ensure it cannot happen again,” Jessica Brown, a spokesperson with the detention center, said in a statement to KOCO 5.Cuevas turned himself back over the weekend, officials said.
OKLAHOMA CITY —
Authorities are looking into how an inmate was mistakenly released from the Oklahoma County Detention Center back in April.
According to officials with the jail, on April 12, Reimundo Cuevas was sentenced to the Department of Corrections custody for 25 years. On April 21, officials said he was mistakenly released from the jail.
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“We are investigating how this mistake occurred to ensure it cannot happen again,” Jessica Brown, a spokesperson with the detention center, said in a statement to KOCO 5.
Cuevas turned himself back over the weekend, officials said.