Handcuffed suspect flees on foot while being taken to jail

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey state police say a handcuffed Georgia man escaped from custody as he was being taken to jail.

Daniel Newman had been arrested on Saturday night at an Atlantic City casino for what authorities say were theft-related crimes within the city’s casino district.

The 22-year-old Lawrenceville man was being taken to the Atlantic County jail when he escaped early Sunday and ran off into a wooded area.

Further details on the incident have not been disclosed.

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