UPDATED: 11:51 a.m., Monday:
Authorities said that they called off the manhunt for Daniel Selby, 25, shortly before noon due to information that he may have fled the Doylestown area.
Doylestown Township officials said they have information that Selby fled the area. A police source told NewtownPANow.com that their is a suspicion that Selby left the search area in a vehicle.
While Selby has past drug-related arrests, including a current Bensalem case, he does not have a violent criminal history in Bucks County, according to court records.
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
Police and sheriff’s deputies narrowed their search for the escaped prisoner to the Edison section of Doylestown Township Monday morning.
Officers from multiple municipalities and the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office descended into the wooded residential area to search for Daniel Selby, 25. Authorities said Selby is six-feet-tall with facial scruff. He was last wearing an orange shirt, transport belt, handcuffs and a white blanket used to cover his handcuffs.
Selby is not believed by police to have any weapons.
Escaped Prisoner w/ no history of violence: Daniel Selby Jr. w/m DOB 7/10/1991, if sighted contact 9-1-1. pic.twitter.com/UiMtZRZWIV
— Doylestown Township (@DoylestownTwp) June 5, 2017
County spokesman Chris Edwards said a SWAT team was called to the search area.
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
Officers milled around 7-Eleven along Route 611 where Selby was last seen. A short distance away, a deputy stood watch with a patrol rifle slung over his shoulder.
Traffic along Route 611 was flowing but was slowed intermittently as police vehicles with their lights and sirens blazing rushed around.
Selby, according to various media reports and officials, fled the custody of deputies and ran off into the night. Residents in Chalfont, Doylestown and Warrington received a reverse 9-1-1 call alerting them of the escape and requesting they stay in doors.
Selby was in custody on a bench warrant related to a previous case, a police official said.
The Edison section of Doylestown Township is only a stones throw from the county correctional facility and the township police station.
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/NewtownPANow.com
Original Story:
As of daybreak Monday, police in Central Bucks County were searching for a prisoner who had escaped a sheriff’s office transport vehicle.
The prisoner – identified in media reports as Daniel Selby, 25 – escaped county custody in Doylestown Township Sunday night. Officers on foot, in vehicles and with K-9 dogs searched the area throughout the night without finding Selby.
A police source told NewtownPANow.com that they do not believe Selby is armed.
Police vehicles were seen zipping up and down Route 611 as the search for Selby continued Monday around 5:30 a.m.
A Philadelphia police helicopter was called in overnight to assist in the search.
Due to the search, the Central Bucks School District announced classes were cancelled for Monday.
County dispatchers used reverse 9-1-1 to alert residents in Chalfont, Doylestown and Warrington to alert them of the incident. Residents were asked to shelter in place.
Police Helicopters searching the surrounding areas in Doylestown PA @bobkellytraffic @MikeFOX29 #fox29goodday pic.twitter.com/Zy9EynfvQm
— Ray Leichner (@stormchaserray) June 5, 2017
Police have been searching in and around this house with dogs. Escaped prisoner still on the loose. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/CfUgTUMNHv
— Matt DeLucia (@MattDeLucia) June 5, 2017
