Kurt Knapek - kknapek@thesunnews.comMyrtle Beach police are searching for an 18-year-old white man in jail on public intoxication charges who they say was accidentally released when he pretended to be a 34-year-old black man.Richard Daniel Wines, 18, of Mount Holly, N.C., was sentenced to five days in jail Saturday morning after pleading guilty to a public intoxication charge.But when jail officers were releasing other inmates later that morning, Wines claimed to be Jonathan Jermain Gardner of Myrtle Beach.Wines was freed at 10:42 a.m. and was given Gardner's valuables, the report states.``It was an error to release him, and we're handling it internally,'' said Capt. David Knipes, spokesman for the Myrtle Beach Police Department.Jamie Varn, the officer who released Wines, is on duty pending the results of the investigation, Knipes said.Officers who release inmates have certain procedures they must follow before allowing an inmate to leave the jail, Knipes said.``They are supposed to verify the information on the booking card,'' Knipes said. ``They ask your name, date of birth, Social Security number, address ... and any number of identifying factors. In this case, that did not happen.''Gardner, who also was jailed on a public intoxication charge, said Monday he was going to talk to jail officials about how the mistake happened.``I don't understand it,'' said Gardner, who was released from jail Saturday afternoon. ``They're supposed to ask you for your Social Security number and whatever. As far as I've been told, they didn't do any of that. And they gave him all of my valuables.''Officers released Gardner's property to Wines. That included $2 in change, a silver necklace, a gold-colored wedding band, a pair of gold-studded earrings and Gardner's S.C. identification card, the report states.During the release procedure, Wines signed Gardner's booking card with Gardner's name, the report states.Detention officers discovered the mistake at 3:30 p.m., the report shows. Officers conducted a head count of the inmates and learned that Wines was listed as incarcerated but was not at the jail.Gardner told officers that he was sleeping and he did not hear his name originally called when he was to be released, the report shows.Additional charges are pending against Wines, police said.