Phoenixville Suspect Has History Of Escaping Police

Late Wednesday morning into the early afternoon, police cruisers, officers on foot, and a helicopter from the Pennsylvania State Police scoured the Phoenixville area for wanted fugitive Brandon Lee Campbell.

Somehow, Campbell, 23 was able to avoid being captured. Police said he leaped from the second story window of a home on 378 Bridge Street, ran across the road, swam across French Creek, and hid for a time in the old Phoenix Steel factory before vanishing.

It’s not the first time that Campbell pulled off an improbable escape.

He is wanted on three criminal warrants and two Chester County bench warrants.

One of those incident occurred on October 27 in Uwchlan Township, police there said.

At about 8:50 p.m. on that Tuesday night, West Pikeland Police attempted to stop Campbell’s car on Route 113 for a traffic violation.

But Campbell did not pull over. He drove away at a high rate of speed and escaped the pursuing officer.

Campbell’s vehicle was found shortly thereafter, abandoned on a lawn in front of a home on Princeton Drive, police said.

Police and K-9 Units from the Chester County Sheriff’s Department searched the area, but the suspect was not located.

At the time that Campbell was pulled over on October 27, he was wanted charges relating to a domestic dispute, including terroristic threats and criminal mischief.

Anyone with any information about Campbell or his whereabouts is asked to contact the Phoenixville Police Department at (610) 933-8801.