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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe University of Connecticut student wanted for two homicides, kidnapping and others crimes was apprehended without incident Wednesday night near a Maryland truck stop, police said.Police said Peter Manfredonia was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Maryland’s Washington County Sheriff’s Office near the Pilot Travel Center, a truck stop on Halfway Boulevard in Hagerstown, Md.**UPDATE**Suspect, Peter Manfredonia has been found &amp; is in custody. CSP Eastern District Major Crime are on scene in Hagerstown, MD. No injuries to any law enforcement personnel or Manfredonia. More info will be provided on Thurs, May 28 — CT State Police (@CT_STATE_POLICE)“His family is relieved that Peter has brought this to a peaceful conclusion,” said Michael Dolan, .In a press conference late Wednesday night, Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Christine Jeltema said officers found a gun in the area where Manfredonia was arrested that appeared to be the same weapon used to kill his former Newtown High School classmate last weekend in Derby.Jeltema said it has not yet been determined whether Manfredonia will face state or federal charges.More NewsThe Connecticut state police said the agency’s Eastern District Major Crime Squad was on the scene in Maryland Wednesday night, adding that there were “no injuries to any law enforcement personnel or Manfredonia.”“Thank you to law enforcement members from the Connecticut state police and local police departments, as well as those from each of our neighboring states, for their dedicated commitment regarding this matter,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement Wednesday night. “We are appreciative of their unified approach to this disturbing situation.”The search for Manfredonia extended into Maryland on Wednesday when a vehicle he was accused of stealing in the Poconos earlier this week was recovered in southern Pennsylvania and video surveillance revealed he had taken an Uber over the state line into Hagerstown on Tuesday morning, police said.Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Anthony Petroski released images of Manfredonia that were taken around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday inside a convenience store in Chambersburg, Pa.A Hyundai Santa Fe, which near where Manfredonia was seen in East Stroudsburg, was recovered nearby, Petroski said.Petroski said Manfredonia was then seen on video getting into an Uber, which drove him about 25 miles into Maryland, where he was last seen in Hagerstown. It was the second time police said Manfredonia used an Uber to cross state lines. Police said he also called for one Sunday afternoon to cross into eastern Pennsylvania after leaving a woman he kidnapped and her car at a New Jersey rest stop.The Federal Bureau of Investigations joined the state police agencies to assist with the case. Agent Charles Grady with the Connecticut FBI office said Manfredonia could face federal charges for allegedly taking the woman across state lines.“There are a plethora of crimes involved,” Grady told Hearst Connecticut Media on Wednesday. “The federal nexus is the kidnapping.”Manfredonia is accused of killing two people over the weekend in Connecticut, including shooting his former Newtown High School classmate in the head, according to the state’s chief medical examiner.The search for Manfredonia began Friday morning after police say he in the northeast Connecticut town of Willington. A source close to the investigation said Manfredonia was on his way to meet a former girlfriend when his motorcycle broke down.Theodore DeMers offered Manfredonia a ride on his four-wheeler when police say the 62-year-old man was fatally attacked with an “edged” weapon.John Franco, 80, was critically injured in the attack when he came to help his neighbor. Alice Franco that her husband, who grew up in Trumbull and is a U.S. Navy vet, is now in stable condition.A Willington man was left unharmed Sunday after police say Manfredonia stole his guns, food, supplies and his truck during a home invasion.A few hours later, police recovered the stolen truck in Derby, that led authorities to a Roosevelt Drive home about a mile away. Police said video surveillance showed Manfredonia walking “directly” toward Nicholas Eisele’s home between 5 and 6 a.m. Sunday.Eisele, who was described by police as an “acquaintance” of Manfredonia, , the state’s medical examiner said.By the time police arrived, Manfredonia had fled and kidnapped Eisele’s girlfriend in her 2016 Volkswagen Jetta. The woman and the car were recovered later Sunday in New Jersey. Police said the woman was unharmed and returned to Connecticut where she was interviewed by investigators.It was not immediately known what sparked the alleged crime spree, which surprised some who knew Manfredonia, who was described by his landlord as a “normal guy” who kept to himself.Xiomara Ruiz said Connecticut State Police notified her Saturday evening after they broke open the door to Peter Manfredonia’s off-campus apartment in Storrs. The woman said state police did not provide any information, only alerting her to the door that needed to be repaired.For the past four months, Ruiz said Manfredonia had been renting a place at Renwood Apartments, a complex consisting of ranch-style buildings offering small one- and two-bedroom apartments that are each about 1,000 square feet and cost about $1,000 a month, .Ruiz said she always saw Manfredonia alone and there were no other names on the lease.“He always paid on time,” Ruiz said. “He was a normal guy, a normal, young guy.”

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe University of Connecticut student wanted for two homicides, kidnapping and others crimes was apprehended without incident Wednesday night near a Maryland truck stop, police said.Police said Peter Manfredonia was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Maryland’s Washington County Sheriff’s Office near the Pilot Travel Center, a truck stop on Halfway Boulevard in Hagerstown, Md.**UPDATE**Suspect, Peter Manfredonia has been found &amp; is in custody. CSP Eastern District Major Crime are on scene in Hagerstown, MD. No injuries to...

Police: Peter Manfredonia, wanted in connection with 2 homicides, taken into custody

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