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Sheriffs capture OCCC detainee who was mistakenly released

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Winston Kailimai

State sheriffs arrested an Oahu Community Correctional Center detainee today after he was mistakenly released and should have been transferred to the State Hospital.

Sheriffs received a tip that Winston Kailimai was located on Nimitz Highway near Sand Island at around 3 p.m. He is being transported to the hospital.

Kailimai, 25, was sentenced on a misdemeanor charge and released on probation at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was recently found unfit to stand trial in a separate assault case.

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