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Man ordered to return to jail after premature order release

5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago Tuesday, August 14 2018 Aug 14, 2018 August 14, 2018 8:01 AM August 14, 2018 in News
Source: Associated Press
By: Associated Press
Photo: NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A man accused in a fatal shooting in Louisiana has returned to jail after a magistrate commissioner prematurely ordered his release.

Jail records show that 21-year-old Donnell Brown III was booked into the Orleans Justice Center on Monday. He was in jail 62 days when Magistrate Commissioner Jonathan Friedman ordered his release Aug. 2.

NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports that Brown was arrested June 1 on second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges. He is accused in the shooting death of 35-year-old Herbert Foster and a 15-year-old girl wounded.

Last week, district attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office said prosecutors have 120 days from the date of arrest to secure a grand jury indictment, which in Brown's case is Sept. 29.

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