A convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last month has been captured after nearly two weeks on the run, according to law enforcement. 
Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday morning that they had captured Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old illegal immigrant from Brazil, who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. During the search, police considered him “armed and extremely dangerous.” 
“A press conference announcing details of THE CAPTURE of Danelo Cavalcante is scheduled for 9:30am at the Po-Mar-Lin Fire company, 36 Firehouse Drive, Kennett Square, PA,” Pennsylvania police posted to X at 8:25 a.m. EST.
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A press conference announcing details of THE CAPTURE of Danelo Cavalcante is scheduled for 9:30am at the Po-Mar-Lin Fire company, 36 Firehouse Drive, Kennett Square, PA.
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Shortly before the announcement from police, officials in Chester County said on the radio that Cavalcante had been captured, according to NBC News. 
“Chester County all stations radio room, Chester County government and various other agencies working on the prisoner escape. I’m proud to announce the subject is in custody. Repeating, subject is in custody,&#8221; an official said. 
Pennsylvania state Senator Katie Muth celebrated the capture of Cavalcante in a Facebook post. 
“I want to thank all of the law enforcement officers who brought Danelo Cavalcante to justice just a short time ago. I know that this has been an incredibly stressful time for our community and this capture wouldn&#8217;t have been possible without the grit and perseverance of the hundreds of men and women from multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies,” she said. 
“Today, Danelo Cavalcante will be placed back behind bars for the rest of his life. I also want to remember the victim, Deborah Brandão, whose family has been terrorized all over again over the past few weeks. No amount of justice will bring Deborah back to her family, but today at least they can sleep a little easier knowing that Cavalcante cannot hurt anyone else,” she added. 
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After his escape, Cavalcante stole a rifle from a homeowner, leading police to warn locals that he was “extremely dangerous.” Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said that the homeowner fired several shots at Cavalcante when the fugitive stole his rifle, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/us/danelo-cavalcante-inmate-search-pennsylvania-tuesday/index.html">according to CNN</a>.
Cavalcante had been sentenced to life in prison on August 22 for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/extremely-dangerous-illegal-alien-escapes-pennsylvania-prison-manhunt-underway-for-murderer">stabbing his ex-girlfriend</a> to death in 2021 in front of her two children. He fled Pennsylvania and was arrested in Virginia. Cavalcante is also wanted in Brazil for another murder.
Ashe Schow contributed to this report.

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Pennsylvania Killer Captured By Police After Almost Two Weeks On The Run

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A Pennsylvania inmate who escaped nearly two weeks ago is now considered “armed and extremely dangerous” after police say he stole a rifle from a homeowner’s garage.
Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old illegal immigrant from Brazil, escaped from the Chester County Prison around 8:30 a.m. on August 31, just a couple of weeks after being convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. On Tuesday morning, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said that the homeowner fired several shots at Cavalcante when the prisoner stole his rifle, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/us/danelo-cavalcante-inmate-search-pennsylvania-tuesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>.
Police do not believe Cavalcante was injured in the shootout and is believed to be in Chester County’s South Coventry Township as of Monday night.
“Residents in the area are asked to lock all external doors and windows, secure vehicles, and remain indoors,” an emergency alert sent to residents Monday night said. The alert added that the fugitive had been sighted near Ridge, Coventryville, and Daisy Point roads and was “possibly armed with a weapon.”
The Pennsylvania State Police <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PAStatePolice/posts/pfbid0gtQ2eA9EBbfhNKCVCTf6iCUZqgoWfvM9MHfufATaCcUQfv1iUvTWii455pKNJuPil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Facebook around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday suggesting residents in the area “continue to lock all external doors and windows, secure vehicles, and remain indoors.”
Over the weekend, Cavalcante stole a van that has since been recovered and tried to contact former acquaintances.
Police <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-release-images-of-escaped-convict-danelo-cavalcante-with-a-new-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Cavalcante had stolen a 2020 White Ford Transit van with a refrigeration unit on top on Saturday evening.
The van was recovered on Sunday, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/van-stolen-by-escaped-pennsylvania-prisoner-recovered-as-search-intensifies-192654917719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, but not before Cavalcante changed his appearance and drove to a former acquaintance’s home 20 miles away. Cavalcante was captured on a Ring doorbell camera trying to contact the acquaintance, who wasn’t home.
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Police now have new images of the inmate, who has shaved his beard.
After going to the first home, Cavalcante then tried to contact another old acquaintance in the Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, area, but that person also was not home.
“He is absolutely looking for support,” Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a press conference on Sunday. “He needs that support. He doesn’t have it.”
Cavalcante had been sentenced to life in prison on August 22 for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/extremely-dangerous-illegal-alien-escapes-pennsylvania-prison-manhunt-underway-for-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbing his ex-girlfriend</a> to death in 2021 in front of her two children. He fled Pennsylvania and was arrested in Virginia. Cavalcante is also wanted in Brazil for another murder.
Surveillance footage released last week shows Cavalcante “crab walking” between two walls, climbing through razor wire, and running across a roof before climbing another fence and moving through more razor wire, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/us/danelo-cavalcante-fugitive-news-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The footage also shows the inmate in the exercise yard shimmying up a space between two walls after looking through a window in a door.

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A Pennsylvania inmate who escaped nearly two weeks ago is still on the run and stole a van over the weekend that has since been recovered.
Danelo Cavalcante, an illegal immigrant from Brazil, escaped from the Chester County Prison around 8:30 a.m. on August 31, just a couple of weeks after he was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. Police <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-release-images-of-escaped-convict-danelo-cavalcante-with-a-new-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Cavalcante had stolen a 2020 White Ford Transit van with a refrigeration unit on top on Saturday evening.
The van was recovered on Sunday, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/van-stolen-by-escaped-pennsylvania-prisoner-recovered-as-search-intensifies-192654917719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, but not before Cavalcante changed his appearance and drove to a former acquaintance’s home 20 miles away. Cavalcante was captured on a Ring doorbell camera trying to contact the acquaintance, who wasn’t home.
Police now have new images of the inmate, who has shaved his beard.
After going to the first home, Cavalcante then tried to contact another old acquaintance in the Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, area, but that person also was not home.
“He is absolutely looking for support,” Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a press conference on Sunday. “He needs that support. He doesn’t have it.”
Cavalcante had been sentenced to life in prison on August 22.
Surveillance footage released last week shows Cavalcante “crab walking” between two walls, climbing through razor wire, and running across a roof before climbing another fence and moving through more razor wire, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/us/danelo-cavalcante-fugitive-news-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The footage also shows the inmate in the exercise yard shimmying up a space between two walls after looking through a window in a door.
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Chester County Prison Acting Warden Howard Holland said Cavalcante’s escape was unnoticed by a prison guard in a tower who was watching inmates while they exercised in the yard. The escape was also missed by the person monitoring the 160 cameras set up around the prison. Holland said the tower guard is on administrative leave, and the escape is being investigated.
In 2021, Cavalcante <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/extremely-dangerous-illegal-alien-escapes-pennsylvania-prison-manhunt-underway-for-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbed his ex-girlfriend</a> to death in front of her two children. He fled Pennsylvania and was arrested in Virginia.
“This is a heartbreaking tragedy. Two children are left without a mother. The pain these children and all of Deborah’s loved ones are enduring as a result of this depravity is horrific,” Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said after the murder. “We will ensure that the defendant is brought to justice for this cold-blooded, premeditated, and despicable act.”
Cavalcante is also wanted in Brazil for another murder.
Cavalcante is not the first inmate to escape from the Chester County Prison. In May, Igor Bolte got out the same way Cavalcante did but was caught minutes after.
In July, a dangerous inmate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/escaped-pennsylvania-fugitive-caught-after-9-days-on-the-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">escaped</a> from a Warren County, Pennsylvania, jail. It took nine days for authorities to recapture Michael Burham.

Manhunt Continues For Escaped Inmate Danelo Cavalcante West Of Philadelphia

Police Recover Van Stolen By Escaped Pennsylvania Inmate Who Tried To Contact Acquaintances Over Weekend

A convicted killer who escaped from a prison in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> has been seen with a new look, authorities said on Sunday as a manhunt for the fugitive stretched to its 11th day.
Pennsylvania State Police released four images showing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-week-later-authorities-still-searching-for-escaped-pennsylvania-fugitive">Danelo Cavalcante</a>, who has been identified as a 34-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/extremely-dangerous-illegal-alien-escapes-pennsylvania-prison-manhunt-underway-for-murderer">illegal immigrant from Brazil</a>, without the beard he was sporting during his get-away from the Chester County Prison about 40 miles from Philadelphia. He appeared to be standing on a porch.
&#8220;During the late evening and overnight hours, Cavalcante was reportedly seen in the northern Chester County area near Phoenixville. He changed his appearance,&#8221; Pennsylvania State Police said in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PAStatePolice/posts/pfbid031bBPhZkEZxUPTPXQWBWJw4jLBYWotgm4HohbG4oGvBpjvVnAMUC7fJfFFprLnaMul">post to social media</a> on Sunday with the images.
&#8220;He is now clean shaven and was wearing a yellow or green hooded sweatshirt, black baseball style hat, green prison pants, and white shoes. If anyone has any information, please contact 911 or the Tip Line at 717-562-2987,&#8221; the post added.
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Officials have <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/cops-trying-to-stress-out-escaped-killer-danelo-souza-cavalcante/">described</a> Cavalcante as an &#8220;extremely dangerous&#8221; man and urged the public to be vigilant.
Cavalcante was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole in the fatal stabbing of his former girlfriend in 2021. Prosecutors said Cavalcante wanted to stop the woman from telling authorities that he was wanted for a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/prison-escape-chester-county-brazil-danelo-cavalcante-0d6cd368685cb8dec3f20289f0f3051e">separate killing</a> in Brazil, <a href="https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2023/09/09/chester-county-pennsylvania-prison-guard-who-missed-danelo-souza-cavalcante-escape-is-fired/70807757007/">per the Associated Press</a>.
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The fugitive escaped prison on August 31 after he used two walls to climb out of a recreation yard, as shown in video footage released to the public. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/escaped-chester-county-inmate-danelo-cavalcante-phoenixville-pa/">CBS Philadelphia</a> reported that Cavalcante was scheduled to be transferred to a state correctional facility in about a month.
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A prison guard who was on duty at the time of the escape has been fired, a county official <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-prison-guard-duty-convicted-murderer-escaped-fired-rcna104154">told NBC News</a> on Friday, noting that the guard had a cell phone in the tower in violation of policy.
Authorities have said Cavalcante has been <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1700584858253213971">spotted multiple times</a> during the search. The sighting in Phoenixville was about 25 miles north of where authorities had been searching for him, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/us/danelo-cavalcante-pennsylvania-search.html">according to The New York Times,</a> but police said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/PAStatePolice/status/1700894130174366195">post</a> just before noon on Sunday that investigative leads indicated Cavalcante was no longer in the area of the town.
Police also said on Sunday that Cavalcante was operating a 2020 White Ford Transit van bearing Pennsylvania registration ZST-8818 and a refrigeration unit on the top.

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It has been one week since an inmate escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, and authorities are still searching for him.
Danelo Cavalcante, an illegal immigrant from Brazil, escaped from the Chester County Prison around 8:30 a.m. on August 31, just a couple of weeks after he was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. He had been sentenced to life in prison on August 22 and is now on the run.
Surveillance footage released this week shows 34-year-old Cavalcante “crab walking” between two walls, climbing through razor wire, running across a roof before climbing another fence and moving through more razor wire, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/us/danelo-cavalcante-fugitive-news-wednesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The footage also shows the inmate in the exercise yard shimmying up a space between two walls after looking through a window in a door.
Chester County Prison Acting Warden Howard Holland said Cavalcante’s escape was unnoticed by a prison guard in a tower who was watching inmates while they exercised in the yard. The escape was also missed by the person monitoring the 160 cameras set up around the prison. Holland said the tower guard is on administrative leave, and the escape is being investigated.
Lt. Colonel George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police told reporters that a resident had seen Cavalcante on Tuesday in the woods near a home on the eastern side of the search perimeter.
“We have a mix of very dense woodlands in places, and then a lot of residential property with many outbuildings, landscaping, a lot of places that would be very easy for someone to hide even when they’re not in the dense woodland and everything,” Bivens said, according to CNN.
He has also been spotted elsewhere since he escaped.
“[He] has clearly already obtained some clothing and unknown other supplies and we want to minimize any opportunity to obtain anything more,” Bivens said of the escapee. “It is important that we keep pressure on him as we continue the hunt.”
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School districts in the area have been closed as residents of Chester County remain uneasy, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/us/danelo-cavalcante-fugitive-news-tuesday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. As of Wednesday, authorities believe the inmate is just south of the original search area. On Monday evening, a security camera caught him at Longwood Gardens, a botanical garden nearly 3 miles from the prison where Cavalcante escaped.
In 2021, Cavalcante <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/extremely-dangerous-illegal-alien-escapes-pennsylvania-prison-manhunt-underway-for-murderer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbed his ex-girlfriend</a> to death in front of her two children. He fled Pennsylvania and was arrested in Virginia.
“This is a heartbreaking tragedy. Two children are left without a mother. The pain these children and all of Deborah’s loved ones are enduring as a result of this depravity is horrific,” Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said after the murder. “We will ensure that the defendant is brought to justice for this cold-blooded, premeditated, and despicable act.”
Cavalcante is also wanted in Brazil for another murder.
Cavalcante is not the first inmate to escape from the Chester County Prison. In May, Igor Bolte escaped the same way Cavalcante did but was caught minutes after escaping.
In July, a dangerous inmate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/escaped-pennsylvania-fugitive-caught-after-9-days-on-the-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">escaped</a> from a Warren County, Pennsylvania jail. It took nine days for authorities to recapture Michael Burham.

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One Week Later, Authorities Still Searching For Escaped Pennsylvania Fugitive

Authorities Still Searching For Escaped Pennsylvania Fugitive Danelo Cavalcante

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> touted his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economic record</a> in a Monday speech and claimed that his economic policies were a blueprint for blue-collar Americans, even as Americans continue to pay more for everyday food products and gas. 
Biden made the comments in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, during a Labor Day speech to a sheet metal union, and he painted a rosy picture of the economy, which has seen record inflation under his administration. 
“&#8217;Bidenomics&#8217; is a blue-collar blueprint for America. It&#8217;s for you,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/09/04/remarks-by-president-biden-celebrating-labor-day-and-honoring-americas-workers-and-unions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;As I said a thousand times, there is no quit in America. None. All I hear from my friends on the other side, what they say is wrong with America. They keep telling us America is failing. They&#8217;re wrong. I&#8217;ve got news for them. America has the strongest economy in the world right now, today.”
The comments come as Americans continue to pay <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-near-all-time-high-this-labor-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high prices</a> for food and gas. One <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-touts-record-on-inflation-as-americans-spend-hundreds-more-per-month" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent report</a> showed that Americans paid $709 more dollars for basic goods and services in July 2023 than they did in July 2021. Additionally, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/food-prices-set-to-increase-above-historical-average-govt-analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest numbers</a> from the Producer Price Index and the Consumer Price Index also indicate that food prices will continue to remain higher than average through the end of 2023 and into 2024.
Prices for key food staples are expected to increase, including beef and veal (4.2%), other meats (4.8%), poultry (3%), dairy products (4.1%), fats and oils (9.6%), processed fruits and vegetables (9.2%), sugar and sweets (9.3%), cereals and bakery products (9%), nonalcoholic beverages (7.6%), and other foods (7.4%). 
 &#8220;America isn’t failing. America is winning, and the rest of the world knows it. That&#8217;s why our friends and allies are looking to us,” Biden said. 
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The president also took a shot at former President Donald Trump during the speech, pointing to a Biden-backed infrastructure package that funneled billions into green initiatives.
&#8220;You can&#8217;t have the strongest economy in the world with a second-rate infrastructure. Can you believe we used to have the best infrastructure in the world? And then we fell to the number 13 in the world,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;And guess what? The great real estate builder — last guy here — he didn&#8217;t build a damn thing.&#8221; 
During the speech, Biden, who owns multiple homes and has held a political office for the majority of the last 50 years, referred to himself as “Middle-class Joe.” 
“Folks, all my time in public life, I’ve been referred to as ‘Middle-class Joe.’  I guess they thought that was a — the — somehow not very complimentary.  Well, guess what?  That’s who I am.  It doesn’t mean you’re not sophisticated because you’re middle class.  It means you work like hell,” he said.

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal alien</a> considered to be &#8220;extremely dangerous&#8221; escaped a Pennsylvania prison Thursday morning, and now authorities are searching far and wide for the convicted murderer.
Danelo Cavalcante, a Brazillian national, escaped Chester County Prison at roughly 8:30 a.m. ET, CNN reported. Cavalcante was convicted on August 16 for killing his ex-girlfriend in 2021. He was sentenced to life in prison on August 22. Now, U.S. Marshalls are offering a reward of up to $5,000.
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&mdash; Chester County District Attorney&#39;s Office (@chescoda) <a href="https://twitter.com/chescoda/status/1697366075044753819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Inmate Escape from Chester County Prison
POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, PA – August 31, 2023 – Officials of Chester County Prison report that at approximately 8:50 a.m. Danelo Cavalcante escaped from Chesco Prison. A search of the prison and surrounding area is currently being conducted. <a href="https://t.co/fWh96QjXLe">pic.twitter.com/fWh96QjXLe</a>
&mdash; Chester County District Attorney&#39;s Office (@chescoda) <a href="https://twitter.com/chescoda/status/1697295549492506821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is a heartbreaking tragedy. Two children are left without a mother. The pain these children and all of Deborah&#8217;s loved ones are enduring as a result of this depravity is horrific,&#8221; Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said after the murder. &#8220;We will ensure that the defendant is brought to justice for this cold-blooded, premeditated, and despicable act.&#8221;
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Cavalcante is also wanted in Brazil for murder. It is unclear when he first entered the country.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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‘Extremely Dangerous’ Illegal Alien Escapes Pennsylvania Prison; Manhunt Underway For Murderer

'Extremely Dangerous' Illegal Alien Escapes Pennsylvania Prison; Manhunt Underway For Murderer

On August 28, 2003, 46-year-old pizza delivery man Brian Wells walked into a PNC bank in Erie, Pennsylvania, with a massive metal collar around his neck, covered by a T-shirt. He gave the teller a multi-page rambling note demanding $250,000 in cash.
While Wells was waiting for the money, he grabbed a lollipop from a bowl on the teller’s desk and leaned on a cane, which was later determined to be a working gun disguised as a cane. The bank didn’t have $250,000 lying around, so Wells was only able to walk out with a bag stuffed with less than $9,000. Witnesses would later say he walked out of the bank swinging the cane and didn’t seem fearful or nervous at all.
Outside, Wells attempted to follow directions that would allow him to remove the collar around his neck, which he had told bank employees was wired to a bomb. Wells was barely out of the bank a few minutes before police surrounded him and placed him in handcuffs.
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While sitting cross-legged on pavement, Wells told the police officers that he had a bomb around his neck that would explode.
&#8220;Why isn&#8217;t anybody trying to get this thing off me?&#8221; he asked them.
Soon, a beeping could be heard from the collar, and Wells became more desperate for help. Not long after, the bomb exploded, killing Wells instantly.
The images of that day have not been forgotten, and while we know who was behind the bank heist plot, one question remains to this day: Why was no one ever held responsible for Wells’ death?
The answer surely comes from the law enforcement’s determination that Wells was a co-conspirator in the plot and, subsequently, his own death. But that raises a similar question: Why, after all that we now know, is Wells still considered a co-conspirator?
His family certainly insists that he could not have been part of the plot. His sister, Jean Heid, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/05/pizza.bomb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN in 2011 that her brother was “innocent 100 percent.”
&#8220;They screwed up big time,&#8221; Heid said, referring to the officers present went Wells died. &#8220;They let an innocent man, my brother, die while in their custody and they didn&#8217;t even lift a finger to help him.”
&#8220;This case is going to be looked at for years to come, and they don&#8217;t want it known that they screwed up,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Brian never would have done this.&#8221;
The evidence that Wells was involved in the plot has always been shaky. The main person who claimed Wells was in on the whole thing was Kenneth Barnes, a convicted crack dealer who was convicted for playing a role in the bank heist. Barnes had every reason to lie about Wells. If Wells was involved, then Barnes and the other co-conspirators couldn’t be charged with his murder, which could have landed them on death row. Barnes was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the bomb plot, but his sentence was reduced to 20 years after he testified against another co-conspirator.
An FBI agent, in a court affidavit, said another witness corroborated Barnes’ story. There was also a witness who claimed he saw Wells driving away from a home where the bomb plot was concocted on the day before the bank robbery. There is no evidence to suggest Wells was there collaborating with his killers – for all the witness knew, Wells was simply delivering a pizza to the people who planned to use him for their plot.
And the FBI maintained that even if Wells was involved, his role was limited to some of the early planning stages, and that he was never willing to wear the bomb collar that caused his death.
&#8220;We have reason to believe that at some point that he was coerced, that it was placed on his neck by another individual,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19718261">told</a> NBC News in 2007.
One reason authorities came to believe Wells was involved was his demeanor inside the bank. He was reportedly calm and did things that someone forced to rob a bank against their will would not have done. But perhaps that was Wells’ nerves showing, just not in the way one would expect.
Wells’ connection to the co-conspirators was through a prostitute he frequented named Jessica Hoopsick, who knew Kenneth Barnes. In the 2018 Netflix documentary “Evil Genius,” Hoopsick admitted to setting Wells up for the crime, even though she described him as a friend. She said that Barnes promised her drugs and money for the name of a person he and his co-conspirators could use to rob the bank. Hoopsick insisted Wells knew nothing about the robbery plans and wasn’t in on the planning.
It doesn’t appear any follow-ups have been conducted since Hoopsick’s bombshell revelation.
Another blow to the idea that Wells was involved comes from the random nature of the call that led him to the radio tower where the collar was placed on his neck. His boss at the pizza restaurant where he worked answered the phone but couldn’t understand the person on the other line. His boss then handed the phone to Wells, who took down the order. Maybe Wells was hovering, waiting for a call at that moment, or maybe it was a complete coincidence that he happened to be the one nearby to take the order. Had another employee taken the call, or another delivery driver gotten the assignment, would they have been the one in the collar?
While authorities are reportedly unconvinced that Wells was an innocent victim, there is no doubt that Kenneth Barnes, Floyd Stockton, William Rothstein, and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong were involved.
How their involvement was discovered, however, was a story all its own.
Police had no leads as to who was behind the bomb plot, and were struggling to solve the case, until September 20, 2003 – nearly a month after Wells’ death. Rothstein, a handy-man and part-time shop teacher who always wanted everyone to know he was the smartest man in the room, called 911 on that day to report a dead body in the freezer in his garage.
The body turned out to be that of James Roden, Diehl-Armstrong’s boyfriend, whom she had killed before asking Rothstein to dispose of the body. Rothstein explained to police that he humored Diehl-Armstrong about disposing of the body so that he could report her to police.
Diehl-Armstrong, a former valedictorian who was bipolar and a shadow of her former self, was charged with killing her boyfriend Rosen. Diehl-Armstrong had previously gone on trial for killing another boyfriend in 1984, but she claimed self-defense and was acquitted. Following that death, several other men associated with Diehl-Armstrong died under mysterious circumstances.
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Diehl-Armstrong pleaded guilty, but mentally ill, to killing Rosen and was originally sent to Mayview State Hospital, but later transferred to a state prison.
Rothstein, meanwhile, died of cancer at the age of 60. A previous suicide note he had written stated that his would-be suicide had nothing to do with the Wells case, a curious inclusion. On his death bed, he refused to discuss the Wells case with investigators.
During this time, investigators linked Rothstein and Diehl-Armstrong to the payphone that was used to call the pizza restaurant where Wells worked to order the pizza that kicked off the bank heist.
Police eventually spoke to Floyd Stockton, who was Rothstein’s roommate at the time Wells was murdered and who was a fugitive on a rape charge involving a disabled teenager. Stockton told police that Rothstein and Diehl-Armstrong were involved in the bomb plot. Rothstein reportedly needed $250,000 to satisfy family members looking to sell the family home in which he lived. Diehl-Armstrong wanted the money to pay Kenneth Barnes to kill her father, who was giving away her inheritance. 
It is believed Rothstein built the bomb and obtained some parts for it from Diehl-Armstrong, but he died before he could be charged.
Diehl-Armstrong at times gave information about the Wells case but denied her own involvement. It was never clear when she was lying and when she was telling the truth. She was charged with the bomb plot in 2007, convicted to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2011, and died in prison on April 4, 2017, at the age of 68.
Barnes also died in prison, on June 20, 2019, at the age of 65. He had been Diehl-Armstrong’s “fishing buddy” prior to their involvement in Wells’ death.
Stockton was granted immunity for cooperating with law enforcement and died on August 10, 2022, at the age of 75.
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Five people were killed over the weekend in Plum, Pennsylvania, after a house exploded in a neighborhood, according to local officials.
The Plum Police Department and fire department responded to an explosion on Saturday that destroyed several homes and damaged nearly a dozen more.
Ring doorbell footage from a home down the street captured the moment that the house exploded.
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Investigators have not yet released any information on the cause of the explosion.
Steve Imbarlina, assistant chief of Allegheny County Emergency Services, <a href="https://www.wtae.com/article/plum-house-explosion-fire-officials-sunday/44802319">said</a> it could take &#8220;months, if not years&#8221; to determine what caused the explosion.
&#8220;Lori and I are praying for family, friends, and neighbors who lost someone in Plum yesterday, and we&#8217;re grateful for the first responders who ran towards danger to save lives,&#8221; said Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro. &#8220;The five Pennsylvanians who passed and their families are in our thoughts today. May their memories be a blessing.&#8221;
Imbarlina said several people were hospitalized after the explosion, and dozens of firefighters received treatment for minor injuries.
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“That could have been anything from a strain sprain to heat-related issues,” he said. “They were treated on scene and returned back to duty and re-entered the effort.”
Local officials said electricity and gas services had been temporarily shut off in the neighborhood.
People living in the community expressed shock over the incident, saying they could not believe it happened in their neighborhood.
&#8220;I still can&#8217;t believe it,&#8221; said Jason Decheck. &#8220;You see this stuff, and when it&#8217;s this close, you don&#8217;t even know what to think. These are your neighbors &#8230; you may not know them all, but this is a really tight community.&#8221;

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Mark Houck, the pro-life activist and father of seven who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-tells-congress-fbi-raided-his-home-to-instill-fear-in-pro-life-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prosecuted by the Biden administration</a> over an alleged confrontation outside of an abortion clinic, announced this week that he is running for Congress. 
Houck, who was acquitted earlier this year after facing 11 years in prison for allegedly violating the FACE Act, a federal crime making it illegal to injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone due to their status as an abortion provider, is challenging incumbent Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. 
“I have seen first-hand what an out of control government can do to its citizens. I will fight to protect all people and their rights under God &amp; our Constitution. My platform is based on common sense,” Houck <a href="https://houckforcongress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> on his campaign website. 
Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia, was prosecuted over an incident involving his then-12-year-old son at a Planned Parenthood abortion facility.
“I am running for Congress to further protect my family, those in the 1st district &amp; the Republic. I will focus on restoring traditional values &amp; principles that are central to the American identity, such as faith, family, &amp; freedom of speech, religion, &amp; the right to bear arms,” Houck says. 
Issues highlighted on Houck’s website include support of limited government and a strong military that is not “a social experimentation program.” 
Fitzpatrick, a former FBI agent and federal prosecutor, has been the district&#8217;s representative since 2019 and heads up the House subcommittee on national intelligence. The district covers an area just north of Philadelphia, including Bucks County. 
“I’ve known the Fitzpatrick family for a long time. I have the highest respect for the Fitzpatrick family. I honor his service to our country, but the time has come, I think, for a change in our district,” Houck <a href="https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/mark-houck-announces-run-for-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Church Militant website. 
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During and after his prosecution, Republican lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-tells-congress-fbi-raided-his-home-to-instill-fear-in-pro-life-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised concerns</a> over the aggressive approach federal authorities took in Houck’s case. In September 2022, FBI agents in 15 vehicles raided Houck&#8217;s residence, quickly surrounded the house, and began pounding on the door, demanding his family open up, his wife Ryan-Marie Houck <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253366/pro-life-advocate-mark-houck-who-was-arrested-in-fbi-raid-to-stand-trial-next-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Catholic News Agency</a>. 

He told House lawmakers in May that he believes the FBI raided his home to “humiliate me, to scare my children, and to instill fear in pro-life America.”
“My children were downrange of many guns, and they screamed through the whole process,” Houck said. “The committee should know that they were traumatized.”

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A jury on Wednesday sentenced the man who gunned down 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pittsburgh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pittsburgh</a> to death, nearly five years after the attack. 
The shooter, whom The Daily Wire will not name in accordance with company policy, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-convicted-on-all-charges-could-face-death-penalty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found guilty</a> in June of all 63 counts he was facing, including 11 counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death and 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death. 
The jury’s unanimous decision was announced by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville, who presided over the trial, which took place in downtown Pittsburgh. The judge will <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/02/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officially</a> sentence the shooter to death later this week. 
The victims were from three Jewish congregations who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-eligible-for-death-penalty-jury-decides" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gathered</a> at the Tree of Life synagogue on October 27, 2018. Two other worshipers and five police officers were also wounded by the gunman, who unloaded a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three Glock .357 handguns during his attack. 
Victims of the shooting <a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2023/08/02/pittsburgh-synagogue-tree-of-life-trial-updates-robert-bowers-verdict/stories/202308020089" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were</a>: Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil and David Rosenthal, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger.
The shooting is considered by authorities to be the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.
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“I hope that today’s sentencing decision in the synagogue shooting case marks a step forward toward healing for our community,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said after the verdict was announced. “I hope that we can use this decision to start a new chapter that uplifts and protects our city’s Jewish community.”
Attorneys representing the shooter asked for a life sentence if he pleaded guilty, but prosecutors, with the support of most of the victims’ families, refused and took the case to trial to pursue the death penalty. The shooter’s lawyers also argued that he was impaired by mental illness and a delusional belief system took over his thinking, dictating that he had to kill Jews to stop a genocide of white people, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-death-penalty-27e3b1a505cacdd674ee9b8a179aa1a8">reported</a>. 
“He turned this place of worship into an exhibit in his criminal trial,” U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan said while arguing for jurors to recommend the death penalty, according to the Pittsburgh Gazette.
A criminal complaint <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/pittsburgh-synagogue-mass-shooting-verdict-reached-federal-death/story?id=100104078">showed</a> that the man told authorities he intentionally targeted the synagogue because he hoped to kill Jewish people. The shooter’s defense attorneys acknowledged that he had done the shooting but asked jurors to “scrutinize his intent.” 
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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An 83-year-old retired pastor was arrested and charged with the kidnapping and murder of a fellow pastor’s 8-year-old daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday. 
David Zandstra of Marietta, Georgia, was charged by Delaware County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer after he allegedly confessed to the slaying of Gretchen Harrington. The young girl’s remains were found weeks after she disappeared on her way to a Bible camp in August of 1975, NBC Philadelphia <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1975-cold-case-murder-charges-gretchen-harrington/3610465/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
At the time of Harrington’s murder, Zandstra served as a reverend at Trinity Christian Reformed Church, one of two churches Harrington attended — the other church being Reformed Presbyterian Church, where her father pastored. On the day Harrington disappeared, her father became worried when she didn’t arrive at the camp, according to the criminal complaint, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/us/pennsylvania-pastor-cold-case-murder-gretchen-harrington/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. At the time, Zandstra denied knowing anything about the girl’s disappearance.
&#8220;This man is evil. He killed this poor 8-year-old girl he knew and who trusted him. And, then he acted as if he was a family friend, not only during her burial and the period after that, but for years,&#8221; Stollsteimer said.
When Harrington was walking to the Bible camp alone, Zandstra pulled up alongside her and offered her a ride, according to Stollsteimer. The district attorney said Zandstra gave police a statement admitting that he took Harrington to a secluded place and told her to take her clothes off. When she refused, Zandstra allegedly beat her to death with his fists. 
Two months went by before Harrington’s skeletal remains were found at Ridley Creek State Park, more than seven miles from her home. The medical examiner said she died from “two or more blunt impacts to the skull” and ruled her death a homicide, according to court documents.
In January, Pennsylvania State Police learned of new evidence from a confidential informant who had been friends with one of Zandstra’s daughters. The new evidence included a diary the informant kept in 1975 where she wrote that Zandstra “touched her groin area” two separate times when she attended a sleepover at his home, according to the complaint. 
In another diary entry from September 1975, the informant wrote, “Guess what? A man tried to kidnap Holly twice! It’s a secret so I can’t tell anyone, but I think he might be the one who kidnapped Gretchen. I think it was Mr. Z.”
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Zandstra moved from Pennsylvania after Harrington’s disappearance, living in Plano, Texas, before moving to Marietta, Georgia. Investigators confronted Zandstra in Georgia with the new evidence, and he admitted to committing the crime, according to the district attorney’s news release. Police collected DNA from Zandstra to compare it to DNA collected from the crime scene and to open cases from across the state and the country, the district attorney said. 
“With today&#8217;s announcement of an arrest, we are extremely hopeful that the person who is responsible for the heinous crime that was committed against our Gretchen will be held accountable. It’s difficult to express the emotions that we are feeling as we take one step closer to justice,&#8221; read a statement from the family. &#8220;Gretchen was only 8 years old when she was suddenly taken away from us on her way to church on Friday, August 15, 1975. If you met Gretchen, you were instantly her friend. She exuded kindness to all and was sweet and gentle. Even now, when people share their memories of her, the first thing they talk about is how amazing she was and still is…at just 8 years old, she had a lifelong impact on those around her.&#8221;

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