An Ohio homicide suspect who was mistakenly released from jail last month due to a clerical error was involved in another murder after his release, authorities said.
David A. Johnson III, 20, of Columbus, was released from the Franklin County jail on November 29 after a county court staff member accidentally made a mistake while filling out a form, The Columbus reported. Dispatch.
Although Johnson’s lawyer arranged for it to be turned over after the mistake was discovered, Johnson never did.
Instead, Johnson was involved in an attempted robbery with two other people at a Columbus gas station on Dec. 13 that ended in the shooting death of a 21-year-old man, authorities said. Johnson then remained a fugitive until he was arrested Monday night.
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Johnson never turned himself in after his mistaken release from jail and was later involved in an attempted gas station robbery that left a 21-year-old dead, authorities said.
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Johnson was initially charged with murder and other charges in an April 2021 shooting in Columbus that left his mother injured and killed a 26-year-old man. He was placed on house arrest later that year, but a judge revoked it last month after Johnson was charged and jailed in the death of his one-year-old son.
Authorities said the boy died after taking drugs while in Johnson’s care, and that he was initially charged with drug possession and endangerment to children. After an autopsy showed fentanyl in his son’s system, Johnson was also charged with manslaughter.
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A motion to dismiss Johnson’s initial charges was filed Nov. 29 in municipal court, and county prosecutors planned to seek an indictment in county court of Common Pleas.
Johnson was released due to a clerical error after a motion to dismiss his initial murder and other charges was filed in municipal court on November 29.
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Despite the firing, Johnson should have remained in jail since his bail was revoked, but was released that day because the clerical error meant jail officials were never notified that he should not be released.
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Johnson’s attorney has declined to comment.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
