The intense manhunt for an escaped Pennsylvania prisoner ended today with a unlikely uni-related twist: The fugitive, Danelo Cavalcante, was wearing a Philadelphia Eagles hoodie when he was captured this morning.
Cavalcante had escaped nearly two weeks ago from Chester County Prison, which is just outside of Philadelphia.
It’s not clear how Cavalcante acquired the hoodie, but it seems likely that he stole it from a shop or clothesline. Unfortunately, it can’t be returned to its previous owner, as explained here:
Video from a news helicopter showed Cavalcante being led by heavily armed officers dressed in military-style uniforms to an armored police vehicle. One of the officers cut away with scissors a Philadelphia Eagles sweatshirt Cavalcante was wearing before he was placed in the vehicle in handcuffs and driven off.
So the hoodie is now in tatters. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is offering a replacement to the person from whom Cavalcante may have stolen it:
Gov. Josh Shapiro at the Danelo Cavalcante presser: “Folks, whoever had their Eagles hoodie stolen, if you could let us know, I’ll do my best to get you one of those new kelly green ones, OK?”
— Olivia Reiner (@ReinerOlivia) September 13, 2023
Interesting to see that Gov. Shapiro prefers the Kelly greens, just like everyone else.
(My thanks to Scott M.X. Turner and Dave Benedick for their contributions to this piece.)
Somehow, I don’t think that’s what “Fly Eagles Fly” is trying to convey.
This is taking the Eagles’ fans adopted motto of “No one likes us, we don’t care” to a level that even I find a little uncomfortable as a lifelong fan. Go Birds!
Fun fact, this is also what your average Eagles fan looks like leaving the Linc
Stay classy Philadelphia…
Peer editing: “escaped … escapee” at the top of the page
Can probably either remove the ‘escaped’ or change ‘escapee’ to ‘inmate’.
Thanks. Fixed.
The group picture was great. Hope the dog gets a medal and a jersey.
I thought it was a little embarrassing. It took 50 guys dressed like Seal Team Six to capture this guy, and actually our dog got him.
I hope you were trying to be funny. A manhunt for a murderer with a rifle covering 600 square miles is going to take more than one guy in a slouch hat and a knife. Would you do it through the night without body armor? The dog did the dirty work at the end since, again, the guy had a rifle. Posing for the picture at all was a bit controversial, but that’s a different point.
Where’s the Like button for this post? I love everything about it.
The real interesting clothing piece from that story is the reporter who asked “is there any possibility he teams up with another small man to get in a trench coat and escape Little Rascals style”
Did he boo Santa Claus on his way to jail?
Stay classy, Philly.
One of my fav Uni Watch posts. What if he was wearing a cowboys hoodie in those parts? Could have been bad.