What changed in this update
Police in Philadelphia are searching for a man they say chased at least a half dozen people last week within a half hour while wearing a Chucky-style mask.
Event intelligence
Philadelphia Chucky-style mask harassment case
2 connected story threads
Current state
Zymire Hughes, the man accused of scaring more than a dozen people in Philadelphia while wearing a Chucky-style Halloween mask, has been arrested in Las Vegas and is being held in jail while awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.
Grounded in 2 reports across 2 sources
What changed
Zymire Hughes, the masked suspect, was identified and arrested in Las Vegas; the reported victim count rose to more than a dozen, and he now awaits extradition to Pennsylvania.
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Source reports
NYTimes – US NYT
A Man in a Chucky-Style Mask Was Scaring Philadelphians. Then He Picked the Wrong Woman.
CBS
Woman describes confronting man in Chucky-style mask who chased her
Police in Philadelphia are searching for a man they say chased at least a half dozen people last week within a half hour while wearing a Chucky-style mask.
