Police re-release man after witness admits error

9-29-2011 Oregon:

SPRINGFIELD — A man with previous convictions for sexually abusing children was released from jail a second time Wednesday night after a witness told police that she had mistakenly identified him.

Randy Tompkins, 48, was released from jail Wednesday evening, 24 hours after he’d been taken into custody at his home Tuesday by Springfield police. He had been booked Tuesday into the Springfield Municipal Jail on a charge of loitering at a location frequented by children, with bail set at $1,500.

Tompkins was initially arrested Friday after the coach of a girls soccer team reported seeing him talking to children at River­bend Elementary School the previous day and then found him listed as a registered sex offender. He was released Monday after prosecutors declined to file new charges, and police re-arrested him Tuesday after further investigation.

On Wednesday, however, the witness called police to say that the man she had thought was Tompkins was again at the school, and that the man was actually another team’s coach who was at the school legitimately. Police investigated and found the witness’ new information to be credible, Sgt. David Lewis said Wednesday night.

As a result, Tompkins was again released from jail, Lewis said. ..Source..