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| N.C. Man Turns Himself in After Release Error |
| By Winston Salem Journal |
| Published: 10/07/2002 |
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A Kernersville man who was mistakenly released from Forsyth County Jail was back in custody October 3 after a daylong search by Forsyth County sheriff's deputies. Progress Always Lloyd, 30, was accidentally released after being convicted of armed robbery, burglary and assault charges. He is back in jail with bond set at $10,000 after turning himself in, Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker said. Lloyd recently appeared in Superior Court before Judge William Z. Wood Jr. He pleaded guilty to three counts of armed robbery, three counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, court records show. Under a plea agreement Wood postponed sentencing Lloyd until he testified against co-defendants in his case. The judge then ordered Lloyd to be held in custody at the jail until that time. But Lloyd's paperwork did not say that he wasn't to be released, said Terri Holbrook, the Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court. Holbrook met with his staff to discuss what happened. Holbrook said that glitches in paperwork such as the one that led to Lloyd's release can start in the courtroom where there aren't enough clerks. Defendants are processed through district and superior courts at a fast pace. Often, judges are reading orders while prosecutors are calling the next case, Holbrook said. Court clerks must record all the information on at least two different court documents. Sheriff's deputies, who are only supposed to provide security as bailiffs, often help out by recording information on release orders, which allows them to handle inmates more quickly than they would if they had to wait for clerks. In Lloyd's case, a bailiff wrote down the judge's order and a clerk signed off on it, but the paperwork didn't say that Lloyd should not be released. Problems such as the one with Lloyd's release order have also led to people being held in jail for longer than necessary, Barker said. Two clerks are needed for each courtroom, Holbrook said. But getting more is a pipe dream with current budget restraints and a 120-day hiring freeze, he said. |
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