From: WDKN-AM 1260
Dickson, Tenn.
Dickson County, Tenn., Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe says an internal investigation is being conducted to determine how a man charged with murder in Texas was released from the Dickson County Jail about two weeks ago.
Randall Bolivar, age 31, of Brownsville, Texas, turned himself in Saturday at the Cameron County Jail after he was added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives list.
Already serving a 15-year prison sentence in Texas for possession of marijuana, Bolivar was brought to Tennessee where he pleaded guilty to drug charges in Dickson County and was sentenced to three years probation.
But before Bolivar could be transferred back to Texas, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says he was “inadvertently” released from the Dickson County Jail, despite a pending charge of first-degree murder.
“We want to determine if it was human error or if there was some kind of computer problem,” Bledsoe said about the investigation into Bolivar’s release.
After determining that Bolivar might have fled the state, the TBI added him to its fugitives list. Bolivar turned himself in to authorities in Texas the next Saturday and was arraigned the following Monday on charges of fleeing from justice and a parole violation.
He is being held without bond.
Bolivar is charged with first-degree murder for the 2009 shooting death of Aaron Castillo in what Texas authorities describe as a confrontation over $500 that Castillo’s brother allegedly owed Bolivar.
Bledsoe said if his investigation determines that procedures or policies were violated in Bolivar’s release, there will be some type of disciplinary action taken.
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