An inmate accidentally released from the San Francisco County Jail earlier this week is telling KRON4 his side of the story Friday.
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The erroneous premature release of Victor Rodriguez, 20, has been attributed to a clerical error.
San Francisco Sheriff’s spokeswoman Eileen Hirst tells KTVU that Rodriguez returned to custody without incident. “He has been in touch with us”. But the court’s clerk erroneously filed paperwork indicating that both charges had been dismissed and Rodriguez was released at about 10 PM, sheriff’s officials said.
“They shouldn’t have released me, and I even told them, like, “I don’t think I’m supposed to get out, ‘ and they were like, ‘No, you gotta go home today.’ I’m like, ‘Alright, well, I’ll leave”, Rodriguez said.
The Sheriff’s office says Rodriguez was already serving time in connection with a robbery, battery and resisting arrest when he made threats to deputies, saying that,”He had an AK-47 and was going to shoot deputies if he was pulled over in his auto”, she said.
Rodriguez had been in court on Wednesday to be sentenced on charges related to threats against law enforcement, according to Sheriff’s officials.
“A deputy who was aware that he was going to court for sentencing on one of the charges, realized that he was not in his jail bed”, Hirst said. “The court clerk did not accurately record what the judge said”, explained Hirst. “That does not mean there is not something to be learned from it”.
He said mistakes like these have happened before.
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In a written statement, Superior Court Communications Director Ann Donlan said: “The court is looking into the circumstances surrounding the clerical error”. Now, a no bail bench warrant for him has been issued. “I really can’t remember this happening in the 25 years I’ve been here and it’s very concerning”.
