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WATCH: Des Moines police capture suspect wanted by US Marshals

WATCH: Des Moines police capture suspect wanted by US Marshals
WE FINALLY GOT YOU LOOK FOR. YES, YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ME. YEAH. WHAT? THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT A NEARLY THREE MONTH LONG MANHUNT CAME TO AN END TODAY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF DES MOINES. US MARSHALS HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO YOU JUST SAW THERE WHO ESCAPED FROM A DAVENPORT HALFWAY HOUSE. ONLY ON KCCI KAYLA JAMES IS LIVE AT LIVINGSTON IN SOUTHEAST THIRD FROM THE YARD WHERE THE MAN TRIED TO HIDE FROM THE POLICE. ONLY KCCI PHOTOJOURNALIST CORTNEY KINTZER CAUGHT THE EXACT MOMENT POLICE ARRIVED ON THIS PROPERTY WHERE THEY FOUND SOMEONE HIDING IN THE FENCE HERE OR BEHIND THE FENCE HERE BEHIND ME IN SOMEONE’S BACKYARD YARD. I DON’T HAVE RUNNING WATER ONLY ON MONTHS OF SEARCHING FOR THIS MAN. PROBABLY JUST A GIRL COMING TO A DRAMATIC CONCLUSION RIGHT OUTSIDE THE MOINE WOMAN’S HOME. THEY JUST TOLD ME TO STAY IN THE HOUSE AND KEEP MY DOORS LOCKED. AND NEXT THING. I KNOW, THE WHOLE BACKYARD FULL OF COPS. DIANA’S MEN DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON OR THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ARREST. JUST MOMENTS BEFORE. THE MOMENT POLICE SEARCHED BY CAR AND BY FOOT FOR A FUGITIVE WHO ESCAPED THE DAVENPORT HALFWAY HOUSE IN SEPTEMBER. THE U.S. MARSHALS HAVE BEEN TRACKING A FUGITIVE. THEY NARROWED DOWN HIS LOCATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DES MOINES. THAT WAS ON WEDNESDAY. BUT POLICE SAY THE MAN ESCAPED THE JUMPING FROM A THIRD FLOOR WINDOW TO GET AWAY FROM POLICE WHO SEARCHED FOR ANOTHER 2 HOURS. AND THEN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, TWO OFFICERS SPOTTED HIM IN A VEHICLE. WHEN THEY WENT TO STOP HIM, HE JUMPED OUT, RAN ON FOOT. POLICE TRACKED HIM DOWN TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CANINE TEAM BEING KEY TO THE ARREST. IS THAT SENSE FRESH? THAT SENSE HIGH IN THE AIR AND THE DOGS ARE ABLE TO GET ON IT. AND ONCE THEY GET ON IT, THEY DON’T GET OFF IT. ONE MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. GO OUTSIDE FOR A SECOND. POLICE ARE TELLING BRIANA SMITH NOT TO GO OUTSIDE. FOR A BIT. AND THEN MOMENTS LATER, POLICE ARE WALKING OUT WITH THE MAN IN HANDCUFFS. WE FINALLY GOT YOUR REPORT. YES. TO OUR LOOKING FOR ME? YEAH. WHAT? UNBELIEVABLE. THEY WERE IN MY BACKYARD, BUT I DIDN’T KNOW THE MAN. AND WHEN THEY IN MY HOUSE, JONATHAN GIVING A FALSE NAME TO POLICE. THE U.S. MARSHALS OFFICE TELLS KCCI THIS MAN IS 24 YEAR OLD ROBERT MANUEL JUNIOR. HE WAS SERVING TIME AT DAVENPORT HALFWAY HOUSE FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AS A FELON. BUT IN SEPTEMBER, HE WALKED OUT AND NEVER RETURNED. A WARRANT FOR HIS ESCAPE WAS SOON EXECUTED. NOW I SPOKE WITH THE U.S. MARSHALS OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY TELL US MANUEL COULD HAVE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF A U.S. MAGISTRATE SOMETIME TOMORROW. LIVE IN DES MOINES, KAYLA JAMES KC
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WATCH: Des Moines police capture suspect wanted by US Marshals
A suspect wanted by U.S. Marshals was taken into custody on Thursday.U.S. Marshals were tracking the suspect, Robert Manuel Jr., 24, on Wednesday. The search was narrowed to a location on the south side of Des Moines, according to Sgt. Paul Parizek.Parizek said Manuel had jumped out of a three-story window to get away on Wednesday.Then on Thursday, two Des Moines officers spotted the suspect in a vehicle. When officers went to stop him, he jumped out and ran on foot, police reported."We set up a quick perimeter, used our K9s to track him to a residence," Parizek said.The K9 unit led police to a Des Moines woman’s backyard. She was home with her grandchild. Police told her to lock her doors and stay inside.Manuel was arrested without incident near East Livingston Avenue. Manuel was originally sentenced on July 9, 2021, for a felony charge of possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to serve a 30-month term.In July of 2022, Manuel was furloughed to a halfway house in Davenport. He escaped the halfway house in September.Authorities began looking for Manuel and an arrest warrant was issued.Police told KCCI that Manuel will have his initial appearance in front of a U.S. Magistrate within the next 24 hours.Watch: Des Moines police capture suspect wanted by US Marshals

A suspect wanted by U.S. Marshals was taken into custody on Thursday.

U.S. Marshals were tracking the suspect, Robert Manuel Jr., 24, on Wednesday. The search was narrowed to a location on the south side of Des Moines, according to Sgt. Paul Parizek.

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Parizek said Manuel had jumped out of a three-story window to get away on Wednesday.

Then on Thursday, two Des Moines officers spotted the suspect in a vehicle. When officers went to stop him, he jumped out and ran on foot, police reported.

"We set up a quick perimeter, used our K9s to track him to a residence," Parizek said.

The K9 unit led police to a Des Moines woman’s backyard. She was home with her grandchild. Police told her to lock her doors and stay inside.

Manuel was arrested without incident near East Livingston Avenue.

Manuel was originally sentenced on July 9, 2021, for a felony charge of possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to serve a 30-month term.

In July of 2022, Manuel was furloughed to a halfway house in Davenport. He escaped the halfway house in September.

Authorities began looking for Manuel and an arrest warrant was issued.

Police told KCCI that Manuel will have his initial appearance in front of a U.S. Magistrate within the next 24 hours.

Watch: Des Moines police capture suspect wanted by US Marshals