CHICAGO (WLS) -- A parolee who escaped custody in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood has been taken into custody in north suburban Glenview, police said.
Kir Moorman, a 29-year-old parolee escaped a Department of Corrections officer just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Moorman was wanted for a parole violation just three weeks after serving time for armed robbery. Police said he also has convictions for burglary, drug possession and felony weapons charges.
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"The helicopters were over the house hovering. Then we saw cops all in the area," resident Donna Jones said.
Police said Moorman resisted a female officer who was taking him into custody and fled. Chicago police, assisted by the Illinois Department of Corrections, searched for most of the day before Moorman was found.
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He is currently being held in Chicago police custody. Police said he was taken into custody without incident and no one was injured in the search or apprehension.