Police say escaped Chester County inmate Danelo Cavalcante may have changed clothes since Monday night and now has a .22 caliber rifle.
is in its 13th day, he is now armed with a .22 caliber rifle stolen from a garage overnight Monday, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news conference Tuesday.
There was a flurry of activity in the manhunt starting around 8 p.m. Monday when a driver saw a man crouched near the treeline on Fairview Road south of Route 100, Bivens said.When a border patrol team arrived at the scene, they found footprints matching Cavalcante's prison shoes, however, another resident nearby reported work boots being stolen.
"In my opinion, I believe it was a crime of opportunity," Bivens said."I think he went in there probably trying to hide, the garage door was open, and he didn't, I believe, recognize that the owner was in there. ... Ran for that garage, saw the firearm, grabbed that, encountered the homeowner and fled with the firearm."
Now, the search is focused on an area that is said to be about 3 miles by 2 and a half miles, and is wooded and hilly terrain.
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