Trumbull jail releases wrong woman

Staff report

WARREN

The Trumbull County sheriff is conducting an internal investigation after corrections officers released the wrong female inmate from the jail early Friday.

Sheriff Paul Monroe said the mistake happened about 2 a.m. when a corrections officer heard over the intercom the name of a woman who needed to be prepared for release because a man had come to the jail and posted her bond.

The name of the woman due to be released was Andrea Gintert, 36, of Bristolville. But the corrections officer heard the name wrong and retrieved Amber Skinner, 39, of Leavittsburg.

Skinner, who was in the jail serving 21 days for failing to pay court fines and costs on two misdemeanor child-endangering charges, walked past the man and left the jail, Monroe said. After a while, when Gintert didn’t come out, the man asked the jail staff about the delay.

It was then they realized they had released the wrong woman, Monroe said. Gintert was released about 4:30 a.m., according to jail records.

Officers went to the home of Skinner’s son on South Feederle Avenue and found her at 8:48 a.m. She was cooperative and taken back into custody, Monroe said. She will not be charged as a result of the mistake.

The public was not in any danger, Monroe said.

“We’re looking into how this happened so it doesn’t happen again,” the sheriff said. “It was a mistake, and we take ownership of it.”