ASaint Paulman is facing additional charges after prosecutors say he twice tried to escape from custody this week.

The suspect,Kyle Stewart Vanwert, 39, already had active warrants out of Hennepin County for fleeing police in a motor vehicle and first-degree burglary.

Vanwert was first spotted by officers Tuesday, Jan. 14 just before 11:30 a.m., on the400 block of Dorothy Day Placeas they investigated an apparent hand-to-hand drug transaction.

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