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| Off-duty cop nabs inmate on the run |
| By Los Angeles Daily News |
| Published: 08/01/2005 |
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An inmate who escaped a Castaic, Calif., jail last Monday morning -- his 21st birthday -- was recaptured three hours later in a neighborhood near Valencia High School after an off-duty Los Angeles police officer driving by detained the man. LAPD Officer Francis Boateng spotted the escapee in his neighborhood about 8:30 a.m. still wearing a yellow jail-issue jumpsuit. With his baby in the back seat of his car, Boateng managed to stop the inmate and held him until sheriff's deputies arrived and identified him as the escapee, Dacian Broadnax. "As I'm (driving by) I see the guy in a yellow jumpsuit that says L.A. County down the side (of his leg)," Boateng said a couple of hours after the ordeal. "I asked him what he's doing and he says (he's) waiting for a friend." Boateng, 36, returning from taking his 4-month-old son to the doctor, stopped his car in the middle of a neighborhood street near Decoro Drive and Copper Hill Drive and walked toward the shirtless escapee. Once the off-duty cop had a strong grasp around Broadnax's arms and torso, he realized his cell phone was in his car at least 20 feet away. "I dragged him over to the car. My son's crying and (the escapee) is struggling to get free," he said. "But there was no way he was getting away. I called 911 and reported it as 'officer needs help."' Because the neighborhood is new, the 911 dispatcher couldn't locate the address on the map, which delayed the response of sheriff's deputies. Without the aid of handcuffs or a weapon, Boateng physically detained the escapee for about 20 minutes until help arrived. During that time -- Broadnax alternated between struggling to break free of Boateng's grasp and physically complying with his detainment -- Boateng said he was bothered by the failure of passers-by to offer help. |
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