Butler County's sheriff is speaking out after driving more than 4,000 miles across the country for a fugitive, only to bring back the wrong man.

Butler County Sheriff Joe Gaddie and a deputy took the California trip to find a man named Joe Oros, who was wanted for fleeing and evading police and drunk driving.

But they brought back the wrong person.

Some people are calling it a comedy of errors.

A man with the same name was in jail in California awaiting release when a check showed an outstanding warrant in Kentucky.

Sheriff Gaddie says it was a case of stolen identity and everyone in Butler County did everything they were supposed to.

"When you hear the story that Joe Gaddie brought the wrong person back, he did not bring the wrong person back. He did in fact bring back the real Joe Oros. The prison said, 'We've got him,' and the prison said, 'He's signed a waiver of extradition. Come get him,'" Sheriff Gaddie explained.

Gaddie says he's done nothing wrong and is required by law to serve the face warrant he was given.

"If I were to say I were to re-investigate who did this investigation in the first place and check into it, and then if I think they did okay and I'll serve it later--if I were to get into that, I'd be the one in trouble with the judge," the sheriff said.

Gaddie says the nearly 4300 mile trip could've been avoided if Oros didn't sign his extradition and California Correctional did what they were supposed to.

"By him signing, that's just like Joe Oros saying, 'Take me back to Kentucky for my day in court,'" Gaddie said. "Had the prison taken the time to check before they called me they could've probably figured this out beforehand."

But a local attorney in contact with Oros says California shouldn't entirely be to blame.

"I keep reading into the Butler County Sheriff's Office saying, 'Well, we had a warrant so I went and got him.' You had a warrant for the wrong guy. There is some duty to make sure you've got the right person," explained Gary Logsdon, an attorney who met Oros when he was lodged in the Butler County Jail. "He's been wronged in a legal sense and a moral sense, and it should've been avoided."

Still if the man who stole the identity of Oros is ever caught, Gaddie says he'll go through the same process again.

"I'll ask the arresting officer if he's still willing to come to court and testify and if he is, then I'll check with the prosecutors to see if they want to prosecute and if they do, I'll have to get him," he said.

Attorney Gary Logsdon says Oros is back in California and hasn't said anything about being interested in a lawsuit against either California Correctional or the Butler County Sheriff's Office.