The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says an inmate who escaped from a West Palm Beach-area prison has been captured in New York City.
The Palm Beach Post reports New York City police arrested 53-year-old Philip Peletz as he tried to leave an Abercrombie & Fitch store Aug. 21 with more than $1,400 in merchandise. He had been on the run for 17 days.
According to law enforcement officials, Peletz remains in a New York City jail, where he’s being held without bail. He was serving time in Florida for various thefts and was set for release in 2018.
Peletz escaped the low-security Loxahatchee Road Prison on Aug. 4. K-9 units tracked him for hours along a two-lane road, where he was seen getting into a pickup truck.
