As Cavalcante tried crawling away, the dog bit him on the scalp. He was also bitten in a lower extremity, Clark said, as dogs are trained to bite and hold onto subjects.

After the arrest of escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante following a 14-day manhunt, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that a K-9 officer was ultimately the one to subdue him allowing for his capture.

As Cavalcante tried to crawl away from the area, Bivens said, a police dog was released, which successfully "subdued him," while inflicting "a minor bite wound" to his scalp.

Cavalcante began to crawl through heavy underbrush while holding a rifle to try to escape, but Yoda was able to catch him, WPVI-TV reported. “When the dog got to him, he then went flat with the ...

After eluding a manhunt for nearly two weeks, convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Wednesday morning.