Overview

• The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 36-year-old Troy Dugas after he was mistakenly released from custody on Sunday.
• A preliminary inquiry determined jail staff omitted his five-year Fort Bend County sentence and two-year Brazoria County term from his file, causing the release error.
• Dugas had been held in Harris County on family-violence charges that were dismissed when his Fort Bend plea took precedence.
• Authorities described him as a Black man, 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds with tattoos on his neck and chest and urged anyone with information to call 911.
• This is the second mistaken release at the county jail this year, prompting a review of interagency record-keeping and procedural safeguards.