Handcuffed teenager flees

SARASOTA - A handcuffed teenager escaped from deputies Tuesday afternoon and ran through downtown before he was captured, authorities say.

Angelo Ciciotte, 17, was being arrested on a burglary charge when he struggled away from a Sarasota County deputy and disappeared near Payne Park. Ciciotte was seen running near the government complex on Ringling Boulevard and, later, near School Avenue at noon.

A day care facility was briefly locked down. Officials used K-9 units, foot patrols and the Sheriff's Office helicopter to track the teenager, who was eventually spotted hiding behind a house in the 500 block of South Pelican Drive.

He was still in handcuffs.

Ciciotte is suspected of breaking into cars early Tuesday along Gantt and Proctor roads.