Georgia jail panics for 12 hours over missing killer — only to realize cops left him at courthouse

Georgia county jail officials panicked, going into lockdown when an inmate convicted of murder disappeared — only to realize more than 12 hours later that the missing man was still at the courthouse. Apparently, the cops forgot to retrieve him.

“There was a mix-up of who was going to take the inmate down, and ultimately, he was left inside the holding cell,” explained Jonesboro’s Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen, via The Independent, after sheepish officers finally found Julian Brooks Deloach still waiting for them at the courthouse. — Read the rest

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