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MONROVIA, Calif. (KABC) — A wanted man who escaped police by running onto a freeway was taken into custody after officers recognized him when he walked into a Panda Express in Monrovia where they were eating lunch, according to authorities.
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Police said officers had previously tried to arrest the man wanted for a no-bail felony probation warrant on July 9 while he was walking. The man fled and ran onto a freeway, eluding arrest.
After the unsuccessful attempt, the department says officers changed their approach.
Officers were taking a lunch break at a Panda Express on the 600 block of west Huntington Drive on July 17 when the man unexpectedly walked into the restaurant.
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Officers recognized the man and arrested him. In a video posted to social media, the suspect is heard asking the officers, “What did I do?” to what one of the officers responds, “You’ve been wanted, you’ve been running from me for like a month”.
The suspect, who was only identified as a male, was then taken into custody.
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“At this point, we’re not sure if it was good police work, bad timing, or the irresistible smell of chow mein,” the department said in a social media post.
The post added that the officers returned to their meal after the arrest.
“And don’t worry the officers went back for their food and finished their chow mein. Priorities,” the post said.
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Further information was not immediately available.