One of the most wanted criminals in the county is back in the Allegheny County Jail.

Daquan Thompson, 28, Clairton, was arrested without incident Wednesday in Uniontown and taken into custody after being on the run for more than two years.

The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office said it received an anonymous tip about Thompson’s whereabouts, passed on by Pennsylvania State Police. Sheriff’s office spokesman Mike Manko said he could not share any other details about the arrest.

In January 2020, Thompson was convicted on all charges resulting from an Oct. 2017 crash with the exception of false reports to law enforcement. He was convicted of being drunk, crashing the car he was driving and killing one of his passengers.

Thompson and three passengers were in a Chevrolet Cobalt headed to Uniontown at about noon on Oct. 28, 2017 after going to a house party in Pittsburgh the night before, according to a criminal complaint. The complaint states Thompson’s car was speeding up a hill on Shady Avenue in Squirrel Hill when it crossed the center line and hit a Lexus traveling in the opposite direction.

Angelica Fields, 30, of Uniontown, was a passenger in the Cobalt. She was killed in the crash. The roof and passenger doors of the Cobalt had to be removed by authorities to get people out of the car. All of the people involved were injured, police said.

Thompson initially denied driving the car, but police said they ultimately determined he was driving. Thompson did not have a driver’s license, and while being treated at the hospital he was found to have a blood alcohol level of .191% - more than twice the legal limit of .08%.

Police used the car’s data recorder to determine the Cobalt was going 60 mph. Five seconds before the crash, it slowed to 47 mph. The recorder indicated Thompson didn’t use the brakes before the crash, according to the complaint.

Police said Thompson refused to let others drive and told them he was able to operate the car.

Following the verdict, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Bruce Beemer revoked Thompson’s bail and set a sentencing hearing for April 29.

He failed to show up for the sentencing hearing following his conviction and had been a fugitive ever since.

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