Captured: Notorious 'Stop-Snitching' Inmate Apprehended in Dominican Republic After Weeks-Long Manhunt Following Escape

MIAMI – The United States Marshals Service (USMS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) apprehended 47-year-old, Sherman Kemp, aka “GOOSE,” ending a six week-long manhunt, without incident Oct. 22.

The search culminated in the afternoon hours of Oct. 22, as Kemp was apprehended in the Dominican Republic, nearly 50 days following his escape from federal custody in Miami.

The apprehension was carried out by the USMS Dominican Republic Foreign Field Office Fugitive Investigative Unit (FIU), comprised of specially vetted Dominican law enforcement officers assigned from the Dominican Republic’s National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD). The FIU works exclusively on USMS fugitive investigations and was instrumental in locating and apprehending KEMP pursuant to a Dominican deportation order stemming from his outstanding U.S. federal warrant.

Kemp escaped from custody on Sept. 10, 2026, and was serving a nearly 30-year prison sentence, after he was sentenced in the District of Maryland and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to an aggregate 324-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, felon in possession of a firearm, possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine, and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Kemp’s projected release date was May 28, 2036.

The USMS Southern District of Georgia, Southern District of Florida, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern District of Virginia, Northern District of Georgia, District of Maryland, the USMS Office of International Operations - Dominican Republic Field Office, FBI Field Offices in Miami, Baltimore, and Atlanta, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Customs and Border Protection, HSI - Miami, Homeland Security Task Force – Miami, and the United States Attorney’s Offices in the Southern District of Florida, Southern District of Georgia, and District of Maryland assisted with the investigation.

Kemp was returned to the United States Oct. 23 and was turned over to the USMS in Miami.

The escape incident is under investigation; no additional details are available at this time.