CLEVELAND — Amarion Sanders, a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from Cuyahoga County Jail, is now back in custody.
A spokesperson for Cuyahoga County told 3News that Sanders was taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force on Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m.
In addition, Sanders will be transported to the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center for booking and housing.
According to docket entries in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, due to the court's "typographical error," the 22-year-old Sanders was released from the Cuyahoga County Jail by mistake on Monday.
3News reached out to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday and received the following statement:
"The Court cannot discuss an open case, but we deeply regret the error. In this instance, criminal cases with consecutive numbers (CR-23-685908 and CR-23-685909) were randomly assigned to the same Judge at arraignment, which is rare with 34 Judges on the bench. Had the cases been on different dockets, the system would have flagged the error when it was entered.
"The Court will review our procedures and work with the Sheriff’s Department to determine how best to ensure that a similar incident does not happen in the future.
"We are grateful for the assistance of law enforcement in providing the safe return of Mr. Sanders."
Court records show that Sanders was indicted last fall on a charge of aggravated murder, two counts of murder and two counts of felonious assault in the death of Derrick Driskill on Sept. 23, 2023.
After a series of pretrial hearings, Sanders was scheduled for trial starting on Aug. 19.
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