A Fulton County murder suspect, who was released from the Clayton County Jail last year by mistake, is behind bars again, authorities said.
Kaiser Ulrick Suggs was placed on the top of Clayton County’s Most Wanted List after the mishap, which the sheriff’s office discovered Tuesday. A few hours later, Union City police spokesman Lt. Jerome Turner confirmed that Suggs was back in custody in the Fulton jail.
Clayton Sheriff Levon Allen said that after Suggs heard he was wanted, he “posted on social media that he was going to turn himself in, and he did just that.”
Suggs was originally arrested in April 2021 in Fulton and charged with multiple counts, including murder, home invasion and burglary, according to online jail records.
In November, Suggs was transferred to the Clayton jail to answer aggravated assault charges that were ultimately dismissed, the sheriff’s office said. He was then mistakenly released instead of being transferred back to Fulton, where his murder case is progressing through the court system.
“The two employees who are responsible for this threat to public safety are now on administrative leave, and my Internal Affairs unit is investigating how this unacceptable action occurred,” Allen said.
The initial incident, which led to Suggs’ indictment along with three other men, took place in January 2021 in Union City. No additional details have been shared.
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