UPDATE: Missing Dorchester Co. inmate back in custody

November 7, 2015

Site staff,

19-year-old Dontay Richard Johnson Jr., whose last known address was 901 Camelia Street, Cambridge, Md.

An inmate who was apparently prematurely released by a local detention center, is back in custody.

The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office says on Thursday, members of the Dorchester County Narcotics Task Force, Capital Area Fugitive Task Force, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, Cambridge Police Department, Homeland Security Investigative Unit and the Dorchester County State’s Attorney’s Office put their resources together, in an effort to locate 19-year-old Dontay Johnson Jr..

Johnson had reportedly been mistakenly released from the Dorchester County Detention Center on Wednesday. Investigators say numerous tips came in about Johnson’s whereabouts, and at 5:45 PM, he was taken into custody in the Maces Lane area of Cambridge, without incident.

He is now reportedly back in the custody of the Dorchester County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond.