Search for Fugitive Closes Huge Mall
Police closed the biggest shopping mall in the country for eight hours to search hallways, bathrooms and broom closets for a man wanted in three states.
Anthony Zappa, 29, apparently escaped on a motorized cart at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, Bloomington Police Chief Roger Willow said. Zappa is wanted on burglary, auto theft and weapon possession charges in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
Police found a sweatshirt and cap believed to be Zappa’s on a cart left at a stopping point for taxicabs, shuttles and buses.
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