A fugitive from Utah inadvertently set free today after an appearance at District Court was recaptured this afternoon in Nu'uanu by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Eric Ison Jones, 35, wanted in Utah for allegedly abusing his 1-year-old son in November 2006, was arrested on Liliha Street at about 5:30 p.m. by the Marshals; Hawai'i Fugitive Task Force, according to state Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Louise Kim McCoy.

Jones was arrested yesterday at about 6 p.m. by the Hawai'i Fugitive Task Force at Pacific Marina Hotel near Honolulu International Airport. Two deputies from the Marshals Service in Utah assisted in the arrest.

Jones has an extradition hearing scheduled Monday.

He was taken to District Court today on a $100 local misdemeanor contempt warrant unrelated to the federal case. Instead of returning him to the police cellblock, Jones was released from custody by state Department of Public Safety authorities at 1:50 p.m.

McCoy explained that Jones was brought to the District Court cellblock today at 8 a.m. The paperwork on the warrant was sent up to a judge and was not returned to state sheriff's deputies at court cellblock until 1:45 p.m.

McCoy said the returned paperwork indicated the judge had ordered a new court date, Sept. 18, for Jones' case and ordered he be released to appear on that date.

Another order to return him to police custody was inadvertently missed.

In the Utah case, Jones is accused of abusing his 1-year-old son in November 2006. The child was found with third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body and remained hospitalized in critical condition for several months.