CAMP HILL, Pa. — Police were searching for a man who avoided being taken into custody by US Marshals, and caused all schools in the Camp Hill School District to shelter in place by Cumberland County Officials for a period on Thursday morning.
Brian Acosta Melendez, 29, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force along the 600 block of Dauphin Street in Harrisburg City on charges of robbery, firearms, and avoiding apprehension.
He is also being charged with flight to avoid apprehension by the Camp Hill Police Department.
Police said on Sept. 14, the US Marshal Fugitive Task Force attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Melendez at his apartment in the 1900 block of Arlington Street in Camp Hill.
Authorities say Melendez fled on foot upon police arriving at the apartment, and as a result, the neighboring Camp Hill School District was given a shelter-in-place order.
Around 10:50 a.m., the Camp Hill School District announced the shelter-in-place order had been lifted. Melendez's arrest was reported by police just after 6 p.m.
Middle School student Sere says she and her friends thought it was related to a nearby crash.
"They thought it was chemicals from the truck that got in the air," Sere said.
The lockdown was lifted before 11 a.m., though Sere says the district took extra precautions throughout the day.
"After almost second period, we stopped lockdown but we weren’t allowed to go outside for lunch," she said.
Residents FOX43 spoke off-camera said they were a little paranoid but that feeling had gone away as the day went on and the police presence was hard to see.