Did the guy get shotgun on the ride back?

Wow, Kentucky has really outdone themselves this time, with a sheriff traveling 4100 miles, round trip, to extradite the wrong man! Of course, the trip was not a complete waste, as the sheriff got in a little sightseeing along the way, including Buck Owens' Crystal Palace and a souvenir t-shirt. Forty-one hundred miles, with gas hovering near, at, or over $4 a gallon, depending on the geography? As I said...wow.

All they have been talking about in the news, as far as the Commonwealth of Kentucky is concerned, is the cash crunch- cutting back on funding for matters like education and other much-needed agencies, yet this miscarriage of justice can happen, with apparently no repercussions for the said sheriff or the higher-ups that signed off on the excursion. Just business as usual, I imagine.