BESSEMER, Ala. ( WIAT ) — A man who escaped from the Bessemer City Jail earlier this month was caught in a trash can in Atlanta and arrested last week.
Tyree Chapman, 22, of Detroit, escaped from Bessemer custody on Jan. 12 after being arrested on several misdemeanor charges.
On Jan. 17, officers with the Atlanta Police Department received information that a stolen Infiniti Q50 had been seen near the Boulevard Lotto and Grocery on Boulevard NE. Using a helicopter, police observed the car in the parking lot of a nearby Chevron, with Chapman subsequently getting in the car and leaving.
As police attempted to stop the car, Chapman allegedly fled to a convenience store on Glenn Street SW, where he left the car and fled the scene on foot.
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“Phoenix 1 observed the suspect run through a residential area where he attempted to conceal himself inside a garbage can ,” a release from the APD state. “That information was relayed to officers on the ground who eventually located the suspect inside of the garbage can and placed him into custody. With the assistance of the K-9 Unit, officers were also able to recover a handgun that the suspect had tried to hide inside another garbage can.”