It took police nearly one month to warn the public that a man on the sex offender registery and suspected of raping a woman in a park had been mistakenly released, and only then after a reporter asked.
It took less than a day for police to arrest Ernest Clark after his picture and a story got published in the media. A tip from a citizen helped cops Tuesday evening capture 34-year-old Clark walking in the 200 bock of E. Chase St., in Mount Vernon and near the Belvedere Hotel and many other popular taverns and restaurants.
As you may recall, Clark was being held in the city without bail awaiting trial but was transferred for a paternity hearing in Baltimore County. There, county sheriff's deputies mistakenly released him after losing paperwork authorizing his detention.