Jamal Burkett, 53, was taken into custody without incident around 7 a.m. in the 7900 block of Lindbergh Boulevard at a relative’s apartment in Southwest Philadelphia, according to Supervisory Deputy Robert Clark of the U.S. Marshals fugitive task force.
Burkett had been serving a 192-month federal sentence after pleading guilty in 2023 to assaulting a federal officer and weapons possession for firing multiple rounds at a Philly officer working with a federal task force. However, on May 14, officials at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility mistakenly released him once his local charges were cleared.
The error was discovered during a routine U.S. Marshals audit on Tuesday, June 10. A federal warrant was immediately issued for Burkett’s arrest for failing to surrender for his sentence…