Police locate handcuffed man who escaped police custody after assaulting officers, sparking huge manhunt across Adelaide
Police have captured a man after he broke free from custody and fled into Adelaide's suburbs on Thursday, sparking a major search.
A man who allegedly escaped custody and sparked a huge manhunt across Adelaide for three days, has been found.
Police located the man in the western suburbs on Saturday afternoon, following extensive inquiries after he ran off from police at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital about 9.30pm, on Thursday.
The 36-year-old Sturt man now faces an extra charge of escaping lawful custody, in addition to the previous charges of assaulting a prescribed emergency worker, carrying an offensive weapon, carrying a prohibited weapon, and resisting police.
He was refused police bail and will appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.
Police thanked the members of the public who assisted in the search.
During the manhunt, dozens of police searched the Woodville area and surrounding suburbs, with the help of the Polair helicopter and police dogs.
It comes after a patrol attempted to stop a man riding a bicycle on Tapleys Hill Rd, Glenelg North, about 11.20am on Thursday after observing him without a helmet.
Police say the man refused to stop and entered a home on Inverarity Place, where he allegedly raised a hammer in a threatening manner before charging at officers and attempting to strike.
The man was arrested at the scene after police deployed capsicum spray, and a search of the man and his backpack revealed a taser inside.
Both the hammer and taser were seized by police.
The Sturt man, 36, was charged with assaulting a prescribed emergency worker, carrying an offensive weapon, carrying a prohibited weapon, and resisting police.
He was refused bail and was scheduled to appear in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.
While in custody, he was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a medical assessment.
Just before 9.30pm, after being released from hospital and being led back to a police vehicle in the hospital car park, the man broke free and fled on foot, police said.
In the early hours of this morning, the man was last seen in Seaton at Carey Ave.
The man could not have taken the handcuffs off without the key which police had in their possession, and would have needed assistance from others people.
The man was described as being of Aboriginal appearance, about 170cm tall, weighing 60kg, with short black hair and stubble facial hair.
Originally published as Police locate handcuffed man who escaped police custody after assaulting officers, sparking huge manhunt across Adelaide
