Posted on 02/19/2005 1:50:16 PM PST by nuconvert
Inmate Released by Mistake Arranges Own Ride Back to Prison to Serve Two More Years
The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2005
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - 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. 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 Canyon City.
"He was nice enough to call ahead," said Katherine Sanguinetti, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections. "I think he was afraid we would shoot him or something, but it wasn't his fault Ohio let him go."
Claycomb was serving time in Colorado for robbery, and was brought to Ohio to stand trial on a 1994 rape charge after a crime database indicated a DNA match.
However, Claycomb testified that he had consensual sex with the woman the day before the alleged assault, and jurors acquitted him.
Jill Claycomb said that soon after her telephone conversation with her son, Stark County authorities called to find out if she knew where he was.
"I told a detective what happened, that he was coming back to Colorado on his own," she said. "He just said 'Bless Ricky's little heart.'"
Who would have thought, an honest criminal. That should count for something against his time served.
Sounds like the first perfect candidate for parole.
I'm proud of him. Seriously.
Not only should he get extra credit but the state of Ohio ought to re-imburse his mother for the bus fare.
The state should at least reimburse her for the bus fare.
Interesting article. However, I don't quite know what to think about it!
Now, that's what I call "Good Behavior."
Very strange.
An absolutley perfect response!
Posted here also http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346784/posts
Now this is a guy who I think is going to be a credit to his community once he is done with his time. It is quite obvious this guy wants to start with a completely clean slate. I do wish him well.
I don't know why everyone is posting to me. I just replied to the thread.
Nuconvert didn't comment, so your post, following the article, looks like the original poster's comment.
I guess I should foward my mail.
I hate to pick nits, but its Canon City. Its a Spanish word with one of those "n" things over it..
"its Canon City. Its a Spanish word with one of those "n" things over it..
And it's an AP writer, with a pea for a brain.
Which was my point, syntax, diction, pronunciation get overlooked just like the "facts" they present..
Little Ricky??!"
Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!
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