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Updated at 9:48 p.m., Sunday, October 12, 2008

Fugitive mistakenly set free arrested in Waikiki

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Fugitive Anthony Derek Williams, who was mistakenly released recently from the O'ahu Community Correctional Center in a paperwork mixup, was arrested on warrants tonight at Kapi'olani Park in Waikiki.

Williams was arrested at 7:45 p.m. on warrants of $25,000 and $50. He is being held overnight at the main police station cellblock and will be sent tomorrow to District Court.

Williams, 48, was set free Monday from OCCC after returning from District Court for a contempt warrant with paperwork ordering him to be released to appear at court at a later date.

Unknown at the time was that Williams had been ordered held on a burglary charge. The paperwork had been sent to OCCC on Sept. 24 and placed in a "not in custody" file because he wasn't at the facility on that date, state Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Louise Kim McCoy said. Between his burglary and contempt warrant arrest, Williams was also charged with a drug offense.

Complicating matters further in this case, Williams was twice taken to the hospital complaining of illness and forcing court appearances to be continued.