Police in Florida arrested a person after getting a warrant for a probation violation. The one downside was that the person they arrested was the mistaken man with the identical title and age.
Leonardo Silva Oliveira, a 26-year-old fugitive, had violated probation on expenses of grand theft and housebreaking in Boca Raton, the South Florida Solar-Sentinel reported. However Leonardo Silva Oliveira, a 26-year-old cook dinner, was the one arrested by the Coconut Creek Police Division on January 20.
Oliveira, the cook dinner, instructed the Solar-Sentinel that he had no felony historical past however had been placed on "24-hour lockdown" earlier than being allowed day out of his cell for an hour every day. In whole, he spent 5 days in jail earlier than authorities confirmed the error and launched him.
In an electronic mail to Newsweek, Sergeant Scotty Leamon, the Coconut Creek Police Division's public security info officer, stated the Palm Seashore County Sheriff's Workplace (PBSO) had contacted his division the day earlier than Oliveira's arrest saying they'd a warrant for his arrest and an handle in Coconut Creek.
"His title, driver's license and social safety quantity matched all the pieces PBSO despatched to us," Leamon stated. "Certainly one of our officers took an image of him and despatched it to a PBSO deputy, who verified that that was the person they have been on the lookout for."
When Newsweek contacted the Palm Seashore County Sheriff's Workplace, Public Info Officer Teri Barbera stated "PBSO doesn't have a task on this incident."
Based on the Solar-Sentinel, police ignored some variations between the lads. For instance, the fugitive Oliveira has tattoos on his arms—certainly one of buildings and certainly one of a clock—whereas the cook dinner Oliveira has no tattoos. Their birthdays are additionally 10 days aside and, on the time of his 2017 arrest, the fugitive Oliveira weighed 213 kilos, whereas the cook dinner Oliveira weighs lower than 150.
At Oliveira's first look in court docket, County Courtroom Decide Phoebe Francois stated she couldn't intrude with the case as a result of it originated exterior Palm Seashore County and Oliveira had not employed an legal professional in Broward County but, the Solar-Sentinel reported.
He ended up hiring José O. Castañeda Jr., whom the Solar-Sentinel stated filed a movement for Oliveira's launch and tracked down the opposite Oliveira's father, who confirmed that his son was not the one in jail.
Nevertheless, the listening to ended up not being essential. Carey Codd, senior public info officer for the Broward County Sheriff's Workplace, stated in an electronic mail to Newsweek that the sheriff's workplace requested the fingerprints when Oliveira stated they'd the mistaken particular person, and "when it was decided that the fingerprints didn't match, Oliveira was instantly launched from jail."
Castañeda instructed Newsweek that Oliveira is presently weighing his choices to "determine what the right authorized process could be subsequent." He referred to as the truth that Oliveira was in jail for 5 days "horrendous."
"No particular person needs to be in jail for any period of time for one thing they did not do. It is a worst concern, nightmare come true," he stated. "So there must be some type of process in place so this does not occur once more to anyone. Particularly with fashionable know-how, communications and useful resource availability, this should not be occurring in the US of America."
Based on the Solar-Sentinel, the opposite Oliveira has nonetheless not been discovered.
Replace 01/27/22, 12:12 p.m. ET: This text was up to date so as to add remark from legal professional José O. Castañeda Jr.
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