一名逃犯因刺死其前女友而被判终身监禁且不得假释，几天后他从宾夕法尼亚州监狱逃脱于周三早些时候被捕宾西法尼亚州警方说，在他试图爬走并被一名叫尤达的K-9执法人员逮捕后。
官员们说，达内洛·卡瓦尔坎特于周三上午8点14分被捕。他被发现藏在南考文垂镇一家John Deere商店后面的一大堆原木中或附近，距离一家郡办企业约30英里他越狱的监狱14天前。
“今天是切斯特县伟大的一天。我们的噩梦终于结束了，好人赢了，”切斯特县地方检察官黛比·瑞安在周四上午的新闻发布会上说。
宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗在新闻发布会上首先宣布卡瓦坎特被捕，并称赞当地、州和联邦机构“执法官员的非凡工作”。
宾夕法尼亚州警方行动副专员乔治·比文斯中校(Col. George Bivens)表示，一架使用红外成像技术的联邦缉毒局固定翼飞机在凌晨1点左右在南考文垂镇地区发现了一个热源，但一场雷电风暴迫使飞机降落。
Bivens说，一个州警察战术小组和一个来自得克萨斯州埃尔帕索的美国海关和边境保护局小组迅速包围了该地区，并保持了周边地区，直到周三早上他们搬进来。比文斯说，直到看到警察向他走来，卡瓦坎特才意识到自己被逼入绝境。
“战术小组在热源所在的区域集合。他们能够悄无声息地进入。他们有惊喜的元素，”比文斯说。"直到发生这种情况，卡瓦尔康蒂才意识到自己被包围了."
他说卡瓦尔康蒂没有立即投降。他说，这名逃犯试图用周三晚上从附近一处住所偷来的点22口径步枪爬过茂密的灌木丛逃跑。
比文斯说，边境巡逻队的一只4岁的比利时马利诺犬尤达被派去帮助拘留卡瓦坎特，至少咬了他一口。没有开枪。
据CBP一名官员称，今天早上，一只4岁大的比利时马利诺犬尤达扑倒了丹尼尔·卡瓦尔坎特。
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Bivens说，执法人员没有受伤。
“狗制服了他，这两个团队的成员立即行动起来，”比文斯说。"他继续反抗，但被强行拘留。"
他说，卡瓦坎特被咬破头皮，并在现场接受了治疗。
当被问及为什么在卡瓦尔坎特抵抗时不使用致命武力时，比文斯说，“那种选择只是为了防止一个非常危险的人逃跑。”
“如果他们无法控制他，这将是一个选择，”比文斯说，并补充说，20至25名警察参与了卡瓦尔康蒂的逮捕。
逮捕后不久，一大群警察与卡瓦尔坎特合影，卡瓦尔坎特戴着手铐，浑身湿透，穿着一件灰色的费城老鹰队运动衫，据称是他在逃亡期间偷的。官员们说，他还穿着周三晚上从一处住所偷来的黑色工作靴和逃跑时穿的黑色裤子。
“我知道有一张照片是在那里拍摄的。那些男男女女在艰难的环境中异常努力地工作。他们为自己的工作感到自豪，”比文斯说。“我一点也不担心。他们和在押的他拍了一张照片。”
比文斯说，卡瓦坎特被装在一辆装甲车的后面，并被带到位于埃文代尔的宾夕法尼亚州警察局，调查人员希望在那里对他进行讯问。
当载着Cavalcante的装甲车接近Avondale的警察营房时，该地区的一些居民在道路两旁欢呼，在空中挥舞拳头，鼓掌。
“我可以向你保证，他在我们的监管下不会逃跑，”比文斯说。
法庭记录显示，卡瓦尔坎特周三因重罪逃逸指控被传讯，并被拒绝保释。他定于9月27日再次出庭参加初步听证会。
比文斯说，卡瓦尔坎特最终将被转移到一所州立监狱，开始服无期徒刑，因为他在2021年残忍地谋杀了他的前女友黛博拉·布兰道，她在宾夕法尼亚州舒伊尔基尔镇的家中当着她的两个年幼孩子的面被捅了38刀。
对34岁的卡瓦坎特为期14天的搜捕结束，切斯特县的居民松了一口气，官员们建议他们保持警惕，锁好门窗。随着对卡瓦尔康蒂的搜索力度加大，波科普森镇的几所学校取消了课程。
据一名执法人员称，宾夕法尼亚州警方、联邦调查局和边境巡逻队的战术小组将卡瓦尔坎特拘留。
卡瓦尔坎特，官员们说也是因杀人罪在他的祖国巴西被通缉8月31日，他从波科普森镇的切斯特县监狱逃脱。
在囚犯们从监狱的操场返回后，Cavalcante在越狱后大约一个小时被发现失踪，他被关押在那里，等待转移到州惩教机构。
他有爬墙切斯特县监狱的代理典狱长霍华德·霍兰德(Howard Holland)在最近的一次新闻发布会上告诉记者，他爬上屋顶，穿过铁丝网，然后跳到一个不太安全的地方逃跑。
霍兰德说，卡瓦坎特采用了切斯特县监狱囚犯使用的相同的逃跑方法和路线。根据美国广播公司新闻获得的一份刑事指控，囚犯伊戈尔·维德拉·博尔特于5月19日在波科普森镇越狱，他在一个操场上翻墙进入屋顶。
霍兰德指出，两次越狱的“一个关键区别”是一名塔楼守卫的行动，他的主要职责是监视操场上的囚犯。
“在博尔特逃跑的过程中，塔台官员观察到目标离开了调车场区域，并立即联系了控制中心。这就是为什么博尔特在5分钟内被逮捕，”霍兰德说。“在卡瓦尔康蒂越狱事件中，塔台官员既没有观察也没有报告这次越狱事件。越狱是在囚犯从操场进来时被发现的。”
霍兰德说，卡瓦坎特越狱的方式是“爬过”一堵墙，挤过博尔特越狱后安装的铁丝网，跑过监狱屋顶，爬上更多的铁丝网。
当时在警卫塔值班的狱警被终止了9月7日，官员们说。
霍兰德在9月6日的新闻发布会上说，现在正在采取措施完全封闭监狱的八个操场，这些操场现在是露天的。他说，还将安装额外的安全摄像头，并将有额外的官员在现场帮助塔台官员监控操场上的囚犯。
官员们说，对卡瓦尔坎特的搜寻最初集中在切斯特县监狱附近的一个区域，他在那里被多次发现。
宾夕法尼亚州警察局副局长乔治·比文斯中校说，一名市民报告说，9月7日看到一名符合卡瓦尔坎特描述的男子在长木花园附近的区域奔跑，长木花园是一个庞大的园艺景点，位于监狱西南约5英里处。州警方说，搜索范围转向了长木花园，9月8日，卡尔瓦尔坎特又两次出现在搜索区域。
比文斯说，9月8日，来自多个机构的近400人参与了搜捕，并补充说，他们将“根据我们的需要，以任何合适的速度继续搜索。他是一个危险的人。”
8月16日，切斯特县陪审团判定卡瓦尔坎特在2021年布兰道致命刺伤事件中犯有一级谋杀罪。
陪审团只花了15分钟的审议就一致投票判定卡瓦坎特有罪。
官员们在卡瓦尔坎特被定罪后的一份声明中说，检察官说，布兰道是在得知卡瓦尔坎特因谋杀在巴西被通缉并威胁要向警方揭发他后被杀的。
布兰道被谋杀后，卡瓦坎特逃到了弗吉尼亚州，在那里他被逮捕并被带回宾夕法尼亚州接受布兰道谋杀案的审判。
布兰道的妹妹莎拉·布兰道发布了一个Instagram上的声明逮捕后，感谢执法人员抓获卡瓦尔康蒂。
“现在，我和我的家人需要重组，在照顾好自己的同时，专注于处理发生的一切，”萨拉·布兰道写道，她和家人住在搜索进行的切斯特县地区。
瑞安在最近的一次新闻发布会上说，在搜寻卡瓦坎特的过程中，莎拉·布兰道和她的家人受到了24小时的保护。
莎拉·布兰道写道:“过去的两个星期非常痛苦和可怕，因为它们带回了失去我妹妹的所有感觉，以及罪犯可能再次摧毁我们的想法。”
这是在不到两个月的时间里，一名危险的囚犯第二次从宾夕法尼亚州的拘留所逃脱。囚犯迈克尔·伯勒姆是纽约詹姆斯敦强奸和谋杀一名34岁妇女的嫌疑人，他于7月6日从宾夕法尼亚州北部的沃伦县监狱越狱。
Burham是一名陆军预备役中士，当局称他是一名“自学成才的生存主义者”，他于7月15日在宾夕法尼亚州北部森林的大规模搜捕中被捕。
Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante nabbed, and how a dog named Yoda helped collar him
A fugitive who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison just days after being sentenced to life without parole in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriendwas captured early Wednesdayafter he tried to crawl away and was taken down by a law enforcement K-9 named Yoda, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Danelo Cavalcante was captured at 8:14 a.m. Wednesday, officials said. He was found hiding in or near a large pile of logs behind a John Deere store in South Coventry Township, about 30 miles from a county-runprison where he escaped14 days ago.
"Today is a great day in Chester County. Our nightmare is finally over and the good guys won," Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said at a news conference Thursday morning.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro began the news conference by announcing Cavalcante's capture, praising "the extraordinary work of law enforcement officials" from local, state and federal agencies.
Lt. Col. George Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations for the Pennsylvania State Police, said a federal Drug Enforcement Administration fixed-wing aircraft using infrared imaging technology picked up a heat source in the area of South Coventry Township around 1 a.m., but a lightning storm forced the aircraft to land.
Bivens said a state police tactical unit and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection team from El Paso, Texas, quickly surrounded the area and maintained a perimeter until Wednesday morning when they moved in. Bivens said Cavalcante didn't realize he was cornered until he saw the officers coming toward him.
"Tactical teams converged on the area where the heat source was. They were able to move in very quietly. They had the element of surprise," Bivens said. "Cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred."
He said Cavalcante did not surrender immediately. He said the fugitive tried to get away by crawling through thick brush while armed with a .22-caliber rifle he stole from a nearby residence Wednesday night.
Bivens said Yoda, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois from the Border Patrol team, was sent in and was able to help detain Cavalcante, biting him at least once. No shots were fired.
There were no injuries to law enforcement officers, Bivens said.
"The dog subdued him and team members from both of those teams immediately moved in," Bivens said. "He continued to resist, but was forcibly taken into custody."
He said Cavalcante was bitten on the scalp and was treated at the scene.
Asked why lethal force was not used when Cavalcante resisted, Bivens said, "That option is only to prevent the escape of a very dangerous individual."
"Had they not been able to contain him, that would have remained an option," Bivens said, adding that 20 to 25 officers were involved in Cavalcante's arrest.
Shortly after the arrest, a large group of officers posed for a photo with Cavalcante, who was in handcuffs, soaking wet and wearing a gray Philadelphia Eagles sweatshirt he allegedly stole during his time on the lam. He was also wearing dark work boots he swiped from a residence Wednesday night and dark pants he was wearing when he escaped, officials said.
"I'm aware that there was a photo op that was taken out there. Those men and women worked amazingly hard through some trying circumstances. They're proud of their work," Bivens said. "I'm not bothered at all by that. They took a photo with him in custody."
Cavalcante was loaded in the back of an armored vehicle and driven to the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Avondale, where investigators hoped to question him, Bivens said.
As the armored vehicle carrying Cavalcante approached the police barracks in Avondale, some residents in the area lined the roadway cheering, pumping their fists in the air and applauding.
"I can assure you he will not escape while he is in our custody," Bivens said.
Cavalcante was arraigned Wednesday on a felony escape charge and denied bail, court records show. He is scheduled to next appear in court on Sept. 27 for a preliminary hearing.
Bivens said Cavalcante will eventually be transferred to a state prison to begin serving out his life sentence for the brutal 2021 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Deborah Brandao, who was stabbed 38 times in a Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania, home in front of her two young children.
The end of the 14-day manhunt for the 34-year-old Cavalcante came as a relief to residents in Chester County, who had been advised by officials to stay alert and keep their doors and windows locked. Several schools in Pocopson Township canceled classes as the search for Cavalcante intensified.
A combination of tactical teams from Pennsylvania State Police, FBI and Border Patrol brought Cavalcante into custody, according to a law enforcement source.
Cavalcante, who officials said is alsowanted in his native Brazil on homicide charges, escaped from the Chester County Prison in Pocopson Township on Aug. 31.
Cavalcante was noticed missing that morning about an hour after his escape after inmates returned from the exercise yard at the prison, where he was being held pending transfer to a state correctional institution.
He hadscaled a wallto gain access to the roof and pushed through razor wire before jumping down to a less secure area to make his getaway, Howard Holland, the acting warden of the Chester County Prison, told reporters during a recent press briefing.
Cavalcante followed the same method of escape and route used by an inmate at the Chester County Prison, Holland said. Inmate Igor Vidra Bolte broke out of the prison in Pocopson Township on May 19 by scaling a wall in an exercise yard to gain access to the roof, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News.
Holland noted that "one key difference" between the two escapes was the actions of a tower guard whose primary responsibility was to monitor inmates in the exercise yard.
"In Bolte's escape, the tower officer observed the subject leaving the yard area and contacted control immediately. That is why Bolte was apprehended within 5 minutes," Holland said. "In the escape of Cavalcante, the tower officer did not observe nor report the escape. The escape was discovered as part of the inmate counts that occur when the inmates come in from the exercise yard."
Cavalcante escaped from the prison by "crab walking" up a wall, pushing his way through razor wire installed after Bolte's escape, running across the prison roof and scaling more razor wire, Holland said.
The corrections officer on duty in the guard tower at the timewas terminatedon Sept. 7, officials said.
Holland said during the press briefing on Sept. 6 that steps are being taken now to completely enclose the eight exercise yards at the prison, which are now open-air. He said additional security cameras will also be installed and additional officers will be on the ground to help the tower officers monitor the inmates in the exercise yards.
The search for Cavalcante was initially centered in an area near the Chester County Prison, where he had been spotted multiple times, officials said.
A citizen reported seeing a man matching Cavalcante's description on Sept. 7 running through the area near Longwood Gardens, a sprawling horticulture attraction located about 5 miles southwest of the prison, said Lt. Col. George Bivens, deputy commissioner of operations for the Pennsylvania State Police. The search perimeter shifted toward Longwood Gardens, and Calvalcante was spotted two more times in the search area on Sept. 8, state police said.
Bivens said nearly 400 people from multiple agencies were engaged in the manhunt on Sept. 8, adding that they will "keep up this search at whatever tempo is appropriate for as long as we need to. He's a dangerous individual."
A Chester County jury on Aug. 16 convicted Cavalcante of first-degree murder in the fatal 2021 stabbing in Brandao.
The jury took just 15 minutes of deliberations before voting unanimously to convict Cavalcante.
Prosecutors said Brandao was killed after she learned Cavalcante was wanted for murder in Brazil and threatened to expose him to police, officials said in a statement following Cavalcante's conviction.
Following Brandao's murder, Cavalcante fled to Virginia, where he was arrested and brought back to Pennsylvania to face justice for Brandao's killing.
Brandao's sister, Sarah Brandao, released astatement on Instagramfollowing the arrest, thanking law enforcement officials for capturing Cavalcante.
"Right now, my family and I need to regroup and focus on processing everything that has happened while taking care of ourselves," wrote Sarah Brandao, who along with her family lives in the Chester County area where the search was being conducted.
During the search for Cavalcante, Sarah Brandao and her family members were placed under 24-hour protection, Ryan said at a recent news conference.
"The last two weeks have been extremely painful and terrifying as they have brought back all the feelings of losing my sister and the idea that the criminal could crush us again," Sarah Brandao wrote.
It was the second time in less than two months that a dangerous inmate had escaped from a Pennsylvania lockup. Inmate Michael Burham, who is a suspect in the rape and murder of a 34-year-old woman in Jamestown, New York, escaped from the Warren County Jail in northern Pennsylvania on July 6.
Burham, an Army reserve sergeant who authorities said was a "self-taught survivalist," was captured on July 15 following a massive manhunt in the northern Pennsylvania woods.
