A man who fled police custody while handcuffed outside a Philadelphia-area hospital earlier this week has been arrested in western Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Aleem Bohdan, 29, was taken into custody at 2 p.m. Thursday at his home in Johnstown, Cambria County, more than 320 miles from Temple University Episcopal Hospital in Kensington, where he initially fled from police, Deputy U.S. Marshal Ryan Clark said. Announced.
Bodin is being held in the county jail, and authorities plan to extradite him to Philadelphia.
He is also suspected of stealing a car while fleeing.
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Surveillance footage obtained by FOX29 Philadelphia shows Aleem Bohdan speeding through a gas station parking lot shortly after fleeing from police on Monday. (FOX29 Philadelphia)
Philadelphia police said Bourdain was last seen on Monday, when he was released from police custody.
On Monday, Bodin was also restrained with his hands behind his back as two police officers escorted him to a vehicle parked outside Temple University Hospital’s Episcopal campus.
Aleem Boudhan, 29, was found leaving his home on Monday shortly after fleeing from police. Officials said Cote concealed the fact that he was still handcuffed. (Philadelphia U.S. Marshals Service)
He was then seen turning and fleeing from officers, crossing a nearby gas station parking lot and getting into a car parked at a residence near the hospital.
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Federal authorities were then called in to assist in his return on Tuesday.
Aleem Bohdan, 29, escaped from two police officers while handcuffed at a hospital in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood on Monday morning. (Philadelphia Police Department)
Authorities said Bodin was found at an address in northwest Philadelphia that Bodin was known to frequent. He was found there the next day, but escaped capture again by jumping off a 30-foot-high embankment onto railroad tracks.
Bodin, who has a “previous criminal history” in Cambria County, was arrested early Sunday morning after the owner of the car, which had been reported stolen on Thursday, was found asleep while delivering food. .
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Officials said the man complained of pain and was taken to a nearby hospital.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
