The Latest: Police arrest man mistakenly released from jail

PONTIAC, Mich. – The Latest on a prison inmate mistakenly released from jail in suburban Detroit (all times local):

5:40 p.m.

A man sentenced to prison for attempted murder and mistakenly released from a suburban Detroit jail has been arrested.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig tells WXYZ-TV that Johnny Rodgers was caught Thursday in northwest Detroit.

Craig says Rodgers was under surveillance by state corrections personnel, who called city police to make the arrest.

Rodgers was to be returned to the Corrections Department after appearing Wednesday in an Oakland County court. Instead, a jail officer released him.

He stopped briefly at his mother’s home. She told authorities Wednesday night that Rodgers was released.

Rodgers was sentenced to at least seven years in prison last November after being convicted of attempted murder and other crimes in Wayne County. He was in an Oakland County court this week in a separate gun case.

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11 a.m.

Authorities are searching for a prison inmate after he was mistakenly released from a suburban Detroit jail.

Johnny Rodgers was supposed to be returned to the state Corrections Department after appearing Wednesday in an Oakland County court. Instead, a jail officer released him.

The sheriff’s office says he had no money or cellphone and was believed to be in Detroit, wearing a white shirt, jeans and Timberland boots.

Rodgers was sentenced to at least seven years in prison last November after being convicted of attempted murder and other crimes in Wayne County. He was in an Oakland County court this week in a separate gun case.

Rodgers has a tattoo on his right arm that says: “Live for everything die for nothing.”