A convict accused of stabbing a deputy sheriff in the neck with a plastic comb and using his uniform to escape from a Detroit courtroom was arrested late on Monday, police said.
Abraham Pearson, 25, was caught on the city's east side following a 14-hour-long city-wide search that resulted in police taking to the rooftops, cemeteries and other abandoned areas. The victim, deputy Harrison Tolliver, 63, was released from the hospital and is in healthy condition.
At the courthouse, the deputy was transferring three prisoners, including Pearson, to a holding cell, Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon told Reuters.
As he took the handcuffs off Pearson to put him in the cell, Pearson attacked him with a plastic comb that had been sharpened into a weapon, Napoleon said.
Pearson handcuffed the deputy and took part of his uniform, his keys, cell phone and radio, Reuters reported. The other two prisoners did not intervene or leave the cell during the attack.
Police believe Pearson left the courthouse and stole a minivan after forcing the driver from the vehicle. The van was found abandoned about 2 miles from the courthouse, Detroit Police Chief James Craig told reporters.
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