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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Thursday, 14th day of September.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, escaped murderer, Dinello Cavalcante, is now in police custody following an extensive 14-day search throughout Chester County.

Cavalcante was captured just before 815 yesterday in a wooded area north of Pryzer Road and west of Route 100 in South Coventry Township.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens, a series of events that ultimately led to the escaped inmates' capture began shortly after midnight Wednesday.

A security alarm went off at a home within the search area shortly after midnight.

Nothing was found there, but it brought additional crews to the scene.

Then a DEA aircraft picked up a heat signal using thermal technology near the area of Prysor Road in Route 100 at about 1 a.m.

That is wild.

Yeah.

The aircraft had to land because of severe weather, but a tactical team secured the area on the ground until the storm passed.

The searchers on the ground got into a ring that was tight enough that they were within eyesight of each other on the inside perimeter,

said Robert Clark, supervisor of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force in Philadelphia.

They were able to move in very quietly. They had the element of surprise.

Cavalcante did not realize he was surrounded until that had occurred, said Bivens.

That did not stop him from trying to escape. He began to crawl through

thick underbrush, taking his rifle with him as he went. One of the customs and border control

teams released a canine named Yoda to stop him. So cool. The dog subdued him in a struggle,

leaving Cavalcante with a bleeding scalp wound. He was first bitten on his forehead, then the dog

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