Mistakenly Freed Inmate

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CANTON, Ohio - [size=-1]An inmate released by mistake by jail officials in Ohio arranged his own way back to the prison in Colorado where he still has two more years to serve. He even called to say he was on his way. [/size]

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Stark County jailers let Ricky Lee Claycomb go on Tuesday after he was acquitted of a rape charge he had been brought to Ohio from Colorado to face. Jail officials apparently never saw the paperwork to return him to the prison.



"We don't know exactly what happened," Sheriff Tim Swanson said.



Claycomb, 37, called his mother in Henderson, Colo.



"He told them at the jail that he was supposed to be taken back to Colorado," said his mother, Jill Claycomb. "He said they told him he was done in Canton and it was his problem to get back."

She sent him money for a bus ticket. After the two-day trip to Colorado, Claycomb visited her long enough to have oatmeal and peaches for breakfast and pizza for lunch, and then his brother drove him to Colorado's Fremont Correctional Facility in Canon City.

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[mysteriew]

Well, thank God "little Ricky" happened to be smarter than your average felon. This is one of the few that I would have to say should get time off for good behavior. He not only returned to the prison voluntarily, he borrowed the money to get there. Stupid Stark County jailers! "Mistakenly" letting prisoners go happens way too often

 

[vicktor]

Maybe he recognized a good meal ticket.