Before the May jailbreak and last week’s mistaken release of 30-year-old Khalil Bryan, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in December let another felony defendant out of the jail amid a mix-up with his bond paperwork, which attorneys described as an error that wasn’t discovered for more than four months.
The public was never notified about the earlier mishap involving 32-year-old David A. Jones, who OPSO released despite a judge’s order that he be held without bond, court documents show.
The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office didn’t know Jones had been let out until April, shortly before his trial on charges of second-degree kidnapping and child sex trafficking, according to a letter from District Attorney Jason Williams…