Pa. jail staffer warned that Danelo Cavalcante was ‘planning an escape’ a month before busting out
Danelo Cavalcante was considered an escape risk well before he ultimately broke out of the Chester County Prison. Weeks before Danelo Cavalcante broke out of the Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania, a correctional officer warned that the convicted murderer was “ planning an escape ,” according to internal documents obtained by ABC News. "I am just sending this cause I don't want this to come back on us or [Officer] Hernandez in anyway," Chester County Prison Sgt. Jerry Beavers wrote to Cpt. Harry Griswold several hours after the escape on Aug. 31. "He noted back in July that this inmate was planning an escape." The email, obtained under Pennsylvania’s right-to-know law, was forwarded by Griswold to Howard Holland, then the newly appointed acting warden, a few hours after he received it. Danelo Cavalcante was taken into custody on Sept. 13, 2023, after escaping from a prison in Chester County, Pa., two weeks prior. Provided MORE: Dozens arrested at White Hous...