Overview

• The Orleans Justice Center mistakenly released 30-year-old Khalil Bryan due to a clerical misidentification during bond processing.
• Bryan faced a $100,000 bench warrant for failure to appear on aggravated assault, domestic abuse child endangerment and home invasion charges, along with additional warrants.
• New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick declared Bryan a fugitive and warned that anyone harboring him could face prosecution.
• Sheriff Hutson issued a public apology, accepted full responsibility and pledged disciplinary action alongside a full internal investigation.
• The error underscores systemic lapses at the federally monitored facility after a May mass breakout and intensifies scrutiny of Hutson’s leadership ahead of her October re-election bid.