A felony defendant mistakenly released from jail last month due to a clerical error is back in custody at Orleans Justice Center, records show.

After nearly a month on the run and an Aug. 20 arrest in a Houston suburb , Khalil Bryan, 30, was booked back into Orleans Justice Center Thursday afternoon, according to Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office records.

Bryan was arrested on July 15 on drug charges, possession of stolen goods and resisting an officer. He walked out of jail 10 days later when deputies confused him with an inmate with the same last name. Two deputies were fired and five were suspended after an OPSO investigation revealed "human error compounded by inadequate protocol adherence," Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said last month.

A Crimestoppers tip led U.S. Marshals,

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