Silverdale Inmate Accidentally Released Due To Hamilton County Employee Error
James Peterson, Dunlap Resident,"No no no, if they released me by accident this is probably where i would run back to also."
Chattanooga Police released a description shortly after 8 AM wondering where Akins was and asking the public for help.
US Marshals then got involved.
James Peterson, Dunlap Resident,"Several cars, new cars as far as law enforcement is concerned and agencies coming through, they kind of woke things up, made coffee interesting this morning but we seen them searching they were heavily searching for something".
Sheriff Ronnie Hitchcock tells News 12 Akins turned himself in and complied with US Marshals once he discovered it was a mistake.
Mayor Jim Coppinger,"We are proud we were able to apprehend him pretty quickly but we made a mistake it was a human error and now the situation is stabilized and we are back to normal".
Coppinger added that this error had nothing to do with any CCA employee and was entirely a Hamilton County issue.
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