Law enforcement first detected Danelo Cavalcante's heat signal, then established a perimeter to surround him.
Law enforcement first came to the area around midnight, when a burglar alarm went off at a residence. Officers investigated but did not find Cavalcante or anyone else present, but it"started to bring some of our people into that area," Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said in a news conference Wednesday.
Law enforcement first detected Cavalcante's heat signal around 1 a.m. using an aircraft, Bivens said. Former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis, a law enforcement expert who was not involved in the search, described the technology used to CBS News as a"fixed-wing craft" from the Drug Enforcement Agency. The craft used"thermal imaging that's probably the highest-quality, military-grade," Davis said, to"get a signal on this guy.
Lightning storms interrupted the search and forced the aircraft to leave the area, but tactical team members were able to assemble a search perimeter and monitor the area, Bevins said. was apprehended inside the perimeter, a law enforcement source told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton.
"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," Bivens said. from a Chester County garage with him, Bivens said. Cavalcante placed in a police van after being captured Wednesday. Cavalcante was subdued by a Customs and Border Patrol dog, suffering a"minor bite wound." There were no other injuries, Bivens said.
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