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At roughly 4 p.m. this afternoon, State Troopers began working with local law enforcement in Minden to search for a man who escaped from a bail bondsman.

Within four hours the fugitive -- 29-year-old Amir Saad, charged with third-degree burglary -- was once again in police custody, according to Col. Robert Garrison of the Iowa State Patrol.

Saad was being transported from Utah to Ohio. He escaped when the bonding company transporting him stopped at the Fill and Food in Minden. Saad fled on foot into a wooded area adjacent to the convenience store.

The state patrol used aircraft to assist officers on the ground during the search.