Pennsylvania inmate recaptured after being mistakenly released

Wednesday, July 8, 2015
CENTER CITY (WPVI) -- Federal authorities have recaptured a prison inmate who was freed by mistake.

US marshals caught up with 24-year-old Tyreek Wood in Center City Philadelphia when he arrived on a Greyhound bus at 10th and Filbert Streets.
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Officials say he was accidentally released from prison in Shamokin, Nurthumberland County.

So far there has been no word on what caused the mistake.
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