Man who escaped from Osaka police detained after 7 weeks on run

A 30-year-old man who had been on the run for nearly seven weeks after escaping from a police station in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, was detained Saturday, police said.Junya Hida, who eluded police on Aug. 12, was arrested for allegedly stealing food at a shop in Yamaguchi Prefecture, hundreds of kilometers to the southwest, the police said.Police said they identified Hida by fingerprints and a tattoo on his leg, and that he was wearing a windbreaker and sneakers, and only carrying a few hundred yen.He has denied stealing food at the shop in Shunan, according to the police.Originally a…READ FULL ARTICLE