A felon who was mistakenly released from the Lubbock County Detention Center last week has been apprehended in New Mexico.
Ernest Ray Zavala, 33, was taken into custody by authorities in Hobbs early Sunday morning, according to the Lubbock County Sheriffs Office.
Zavala has been transported back to Lubbock and is currently in the Lubbock County Detention Center.
He was mistakenly released from the Lubbock County Detention Center on Tuesday, June 23, according to a statement released Friday by Sheriff Kelly Rowe.
The error was discovered on Friday and the department then launched a preliminary investigation to determine the problem that resulted in Zavala’s release, the statement went on to say.
The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office then began a full scale recovery effort.