A man wanted for violent and nonviolent charges was mistakenly freed after the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office incorrectly released him following a clerical error.

Khalil Bryan, 30, was released after OPSO mixed him up with a person with the same last name, Sheriff Susan Hutson said in a statement Friday afternoon.

He is facing charges of illegal possession of stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer and has an active warrant for aggravated assault with a firearm, domestic abuse child endangerment and home invasion, in addition to a warrant in Jefferson Parish.

"The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office takes full responsibility for the clerical error that led to the mistaken release of Khalil Bryan, and we offer our sincere apology to the public, our law enf

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