SAN ANTONIO — A man arrested for alleged minor theft was also charged with escape after he was “possibly erroneously released” from the Bexar County jail Saturday evening.
Authorities say that while Alexander Nero was in the booking area of the facility, he somehow managed to join a group of people who were being released.
They found he was unaccounted for after conducting a head count around 7 p.m., prompting a lockdown of the jail.
Around 8:45 p.m, BCSO officials said, staff determined Nero wasn’t on site.
Investigators say they reviewed surveillance footage and believe he “intentionally joined a group of individuals being released from the facility.”
Deputies went to a home along the 10000 block of Wildrose Bay in far west Bexar County and re-arrested Nero without incident a little after 10 p.m.
He was taken back to the jail, where he received the additional escape charge.
Initially Nero's bond was set at only $3,200. His new bond for the escape charge is $50,000.
An internal investigation is being conducted, and BCSO says the Texas Commission on Jail Standards was also notified.
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