Philadelphia escapee seen leaving home after escaping officers
Alleem Bordan was spotted leaving a home in Philadelphia with a coat draped over his back to conceal that his hands were handcuffed behind his back, authorities said. (Credit: US Marshals Service)
The man who escaped police custody while in handcuffs outside a hospital near Philadelphia earlier this week has been arrested in western Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Alleem Bordan, 29, was taken into custody at 2 p.m. Thursday at a home in Johnstown in Cambria County, more than 200 miles from Temple University Episcopal Hospital in Kensington, where he initially fled from police, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Ryan Clark said.
Bordan was being held there in the county jail, and authorities are intending to have him extradited back to Philadelphia.
He is also accused of stealing a car during his escape.
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In surveillance video obtained by FOX29 Philadelphia, Alleem Bordan can be seen sprinting through a gas station parking lot right after escaping from police officers on Monday. (FOX29 Philadelphia)
The Philadelphia Police Department said Bordan was last seen on Monday, when he bolted from police custody.
On Monday, Bordan also had his hands restrained behind him while he was being escorted by two police officers to a vehicle parked outside Temple University Hospital’s Episcopal Campus.
Alleem Bordan, 29, was spotted leaving a home shortly after fleeing from officers on Monday. Authorities said a coat was concealing that he was still handcuffed. (US Marshals Service Philadelphia)
He then turned and ran from the officers, crossed the parking lot of a nearby gas station and was spotted getting into a car parked at a home near the hospital.
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Federal authorities were then called on Tuesday to assist in getting him back.
Aleem Bordan, 29, escaped from two police officers at a hospital in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia on Monday morning while still handcuffed. (Philadelphia Police Department)
He was found at an address in northwest Philadelphia that Bordan was known to frequent, authorities said. He was spotted there the next day but managed to again elude capture once more after he jumped down a 30-foot embankment onto train tracks and ran off.
Bordan, who has "previous criminal history" in Cambria County, was arrested early Sunday after he was found asleep in a car that had been reported stolen on Thursday while the owner was making a food delivery.
Authorities said he complained about pain and was taken to a nearby hospital.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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