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by Robert Moran Published Aug. 19, 2025, 6:07 p.m. ET

A prisoner escaped from Pennsylvania state constables’ custody Tuesday afternoon in Delaware County , stole a vehicle and crashed it, then fled into a wooded area before finally being caught, police said.

Shortly before 2:40 p.m., Nether Providence Township police were alerted that Upper Providence Township police, in coordination with the Pennsylvania State Police, were pursuing a vehicle east on Baltimore Pike into Nether Providence.

The person they were pursuing had escaped from the constables’ custody, Nether Providence police said.

Haverford Township Police Chief John Viola on Tuesday evening confirmed that the prisoner was 27-year-old Jaliel John

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