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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating an inmate who was released from jail in error. Matthew Amos Burke, 35, of Remlap was released from Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham on Friday December 10. He is described as around 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Burke was being held there after being transferred from a nearby agency to appear in court. He was charged with the 2020 kidnapping of Birmingham businessman Elton B. Stephens Jr. Burke had charges with the state, which were dismissed after his court appearance on Friday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the nearby agency failed to provide documents to alert prison staff that Burke should not be released and had been convicted in another court. On Monday afternoon, it was discovered that Burke should have been detained to be transferred to jail, where he was to serve an already imposed sentence. It has ties to the Fultondale, Tarrant and Remlap communities. Anyone who sees Burke should call 911.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating an inmate who was released from jail in error.
Matthew Amos Burke, 35, of Remlap was released from Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham on Friday December 10. He is described as being around 5 feet 7 inches, 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Burke was being held there after being transferred from a nearby agency to appear in court. He has been charged with the 2020 kidnapping of Birmingham businessman Elton B. Stephens Jr.
Burke had charges with the state, which were dismissed after his court appearance on Friday.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the nearby agency failed to provide documents to alert prison staff that Burke should not be released and had been convicted in another court.
On Monday afternoon, it was discovered that Burke should have been detained to be transferred to jail, where he was to serve a sentence already imposed.
It has ties to the Fultondale, Tarrant and Remlap communities.
Anyone who sees Burke should call 911.
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