PITTSBURGH, PA – A Knoxville man wanted on multiple warrants was taken into custody Thursday after leaping from a first-floor window in a failed attempt to escape arrest, Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus announced.
Authorities said 26-year-old Curtis Davis had been a fugitive since December 1, when a bench warrant was issued for violating his probation in a prior case involving drug and firearm convictions. In addition to the probation violation, Davis faced several active warrants from the City of Pittsburgh for burglary, firearms violations, and assault.
Detectives with the sheriff’s office tracked Davis to a residence on Barckhoff Street in Penn Hills. When they arrived to serve the warrant, Davis allegedly jumped out a window and began running before being surrounded by detectives a short distance away. He was taken into custody without further incident and transported to the Allegheny County Jail.
Fugitive’s previous arrest attempt led to 2024 crash
Sheriff Kraus noted that this was not Davis’s first attempt to evade arrest. In April 2024, detectives tried to apprehend him on similar warrants, leading to a pursuit that ended in a two-vehicle crash in Mt. Lebanon.
- Curtis Davis, 26, captured after jumping from Penn Hills home
- Wanted on probation violation, burglary, and firearms charges
- Arrest follows earlier 2024 pursuit and crash in Mt. Lebanon
Officials said Davis will remain in custody at the Allegheny County Jail pending court proceedings on his outstanding charges.
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