Mistakenly released Ore. inmate back in custody
PORTLAND, Ore. - An inmate who was accidentally released from the Multnomah County Jail this week has turned himself in.
Stephen Jamaal Reed, 22, an Oregon Department of Corrections inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, was being held at a Multnomah County jail because he was due to appear in court on pending charges.
He was mistakenly released from the jail and authorities had been trying to track him down until he turned himself in at about 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Reed was in the penitentiary on drug charges - cocaine possession and heroin delivery - and had been there since May 2, 2012.
Authorities were alerted to the mistake by an anonymous caller who told the Oregon Department of Corrections that Reed was free.
KATU archives show that this wasn't the first time that a person has been mistakenly released from custody in Multnomah County. Back in 2006, a sex offender was released when he wasn't supposed to be. He was later recaptured.
Stephen Jamaal Reed, 22, an Oregon Department of Corrections inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, was being held at a Multnomah County jail because he was due to appear in court on pending charges.
He was mistakenly released from the jail and authorities had been trying to track him down until he turned himself in at about 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Reed was in the penitentiary on drug charges - cocaine possession and heroin delivery - and had been there since May 2, 2012.
Authorities were alerted to the mistake by an anonymous caller who told the Oregon Department of Corrections that Reed was free.
KATU archives show that this wasn't the first time that a person has been mistakenly released from custody in Multnomah County. Back in 2006, a sex offender was released when he wasn't supposed to be. He was later recaptured.
