Convict mistakenly released from jail

SAN FRANCISCO

Twenty-eight-year-old Alfredo Guadalupe Ortiz was convicted Friday of assaulting his girlfriend. He was ordered to be held, without bail, in a San Mateo County jail until his sentencing hearing. However, a clerical error on his paperwork allowed Ortiz's family to post $25,000 bail Friday night.

He has now vanished and investigators say his family is refusing to cooperate with police.

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