HARTFORD, Conn. — State police have found and taken into custody the suspect who left the courthouse on Lafayette Street in Hartford.
State police announced that Marico Ellis, 24, was arrested without incident in East Hartford.
Troopers also searched his apartment and found drug paraphernalia, including 2,300 bags of fentanyl and nearly two dozen grams of raw fentanyl.
Earlier on Thursday, Ellis jumped over several gallery pews to escape the courthouse, according to officials. The defendant’s shoes fell off as he was fleeing.
He was then seen heading toward Park Street.
Officials said that after Ellis left the building, the judge returned on the record and ordered rearrests with bonds nearing $2 million.
At the end of the hearing, the judge issued three felony re-arrest warrants, with a total of $1.8 million in bonds.
K-9 units and drones were deployed in the search.
This is a developing story.
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