Post by Wabash on Jan 14, 2011 19:12:43 GMT -5
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Correction mistakenly paroled a convicted sex offender from Michigan who now faces charges in the sexual assault of a woman in a drugstore restroom two days after his release, an agency spokesman said.
Robert Kemp Jr., 31, of Ann Arbor was being held on bond at the St. Joseph County Jail in South Bend on Wednesday, a day after prosecutors charged him with rape, criminal deviate conduct and attempted criminal deviate conduct.
The Department of Correction mistakenly transferred Kemp from southern Indiana's Wabash Valley Correctional Facility to the custody of the South Bend Parole District on Dec. 30 instead of holding him for Wabash County, where he was wanted, agency spokesman Doug Garrison said.
"A mistake was made," Garrison said. "It's clear something went wrong."
A statewide record system used by police showed Kemp was wanted, but the Correction Department's records showed the warrant had been dismissed, Garrison said.
Prosecutors say that two days after his release, Kemp went to a Walgreens store in South Bend and waited in a bathroom stall until an employee entered. He fled the restroom after assaulting her but was captured by bystanders.