As the manhunt intensifies, the U.S. Marshals Service is now offering a $2,500 reward for information on the whereabouts of Alleem Bordan, the slippery suspect who busted out in a brazen escape earlier this week in Philadelphia. Bordan, 29, gave his guards the slip after being taken to Temple University Hospital's Episcopal campus in Kensington due to complaints of pain while in custody. After being discharged early Monday, Bordan bolted from officers and has since been on the run, still shackled in cuffs.
In an attempt to rapidly locate the fugitive, Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark confidently stated, "I'm highly, highly confident we're going to bring him into custody in a reasonable time frame," as stated in a CBS News interview. The authorities are piecing together his trail; they've released a video they say shows Bordan exiting a residence on Hope Street and getting into a gold Honda, cuffs and all before the car drives off.
In a Wednesday press conference, officials detailed Bordan's escapades, including a daring jump down a 30-foot embankment as he evaded the U.S. Marshals the day after his hospital breakout. Bordan, who faces charges related to a car theft, is considered possibly armed and dangerous. According to NBC Philadelphia, Supervisory Deputy Robert Clark provided these latest action-packed details in the chase for the cunning escapee.
He was arrested for allegedly stealing a car from a delivery driver but was later found dozing in the stolen vehicle. Bordan's rap sheet is hefty, garnished with past arrests for aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and weapons charges. A notable case from 2020 in Cambria County, western Pennsylvania, paints a similar picture of previous run-ins with law enforcement. Surrender seems to not be in Bordan's vocabulary, and as he continues to evade capture, concerns over his access to firearms and mental health issues are compounding.
