Suspect mistakenly released from Louisville's jail wanted on warrant, $1 million bond

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police are on the lookout for an inmate who was released from the city's jail by mistake.

When convicted felon Kejaun Jackson was arraigned June 20 on several charges, including strangulation and threatening to kill a woman and four children, prosecutors asked the judge to raise his bond from $50,000 to $250,000, calling him a "significant danger."

But instead of being lodged in Metro Corrections, Jackson was mistakenly released from jail on home incarceration. The jail was also sent an order on June 30, when Jackson's case was sent to a grand jury, that he should be jailed on a $250,000 bond.

But Jackson hasn't been seen since.

The error wasn't realized until after Jackson was indicted this month on six charges, including being a persistent felony offender, and was supposed to be appear in front of a Jefferson circuit court judge Aug. 11.

Judge Sarah Clay was told, however, that he was not in custody.

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A warrant is now out for Jackson's arrest, which calls for him to be held on a $1 million bond when he's caught.

"We have our Fugitive Unit, I know they're working with HIP to locate that individual," LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said Wednesday. "Again, if anyone knows where that individual is, we ask them to please call our tip line."

Maj. Jason Logsdon, a spokesman for Metro Corrections, said after Garvey set Jackson's cash bond on June 20, jail employees "in good faith believed" Jackson was instead put on home incarceration, and he was released. He acknowledged the jail made a mistake.

On Aug. 9, Jackson, 31, removed his GPS monitoring device and fled, Logsdon said.

The Aug. 11 hearing was "the first time LMDC was made aware" that Jackson was not intended to be released on home incarceration, he said.

Logsdon said no one at Metro Corrections has been disciplined but the department is working with the court clerk's office to "standardize language" in the bond orders to "prevent any miscommunication like this in the future."

The judge's bond order, which is in the case file, states clearly bail was set at $250,000.

Anyone who sees Jackson or has any information on his whereabouts is encouraged to call LMPD's anonymous Crime Tip Line at (502) 574-LMPD (5673). Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the department's online Crime Tip Portal by clicking here.

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