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Philadelphia's Chucky-style masked man arrested in Las Vegas
Confirmed
Updated on: August 25, 2026 / 11:26 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia A man accused of terrorizing at least a half dozen people while wearing a Chucky-style mask near Philadelphia City Hall earlier this month was arrested in Las Vegas, authorities said Tuesday.
A man alleged to have been seen in Philadelphia wearing a creepy, Chucky-style mask and harassing people there last week was arrested in Las Vegas, authorities in the desert city said Tuesday. Zymire Hughes , 22, was arrested around 8 p.m. at an apartment complex in southeast Las Vegas and is being held in the Clark County Detention Center awaiting extradition back to Philadelphia, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Zymire Hughes was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Violent Offender Task Force, the service said in a statement. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said last week that the warrant is based on allegations of felony and misdemeanor assault after a masked man chased a jogger, asked, “Do you want to die?” and caused her to suffer injuries as she fled early last Wednesday in Center City.
He fled Philadelphia on Aug. 19 from Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, to Orlando, Florida, and then took another flight to Vegas, they said. He said that more charges were possible and that they would be outlined after the suspect was arrested.
U.S. Marshals said Hughes has been a Las Vegas resident since February but has family in Philadelphia. Three people identified the masked suspect as Hughes, police said at a news conference last week.
About two minutes later, police said Hughes entered a Dunkin' on the 1500 block of Chestnut Street, but he was refused service for wearing the mask. He was wrong," Robert Clark, the Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force, said.
Clark said Hughes has been charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and related offenses. © 2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Police said Hughes then chased a man on the west side of 15th Street and approached a woman jogging at 15th and Market streets.
Police said he fled again after regional transit police in a train station contacted him and told him to remove his mask. Jason Smith said, police were tipped off that the suspect was alleged to have packed his bags and left the apartment.
What's confirmed
- Updated on: August 25, 2026 / 11:26 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia A man accused of terrorizing at least a half dozen people while wearing a Chucky-style mask near Philadelphia City Hall earlier this month was arrested in…
- Zymire Hughes , 22, was arrested around 8 p.m. at an apartment complex in southeast Las Vegas and is being held in the Clark County Detention Center awaiting extradition back to Philadelphia, the U.S. Marshals…
- A man alleged to have been seen in Philadelphia wearing a creepy, Chucky-style mask and harassing people there last week was arrested in Las Vegas, authorities in the desert city said Tuesday.
- Zymire Hughes was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Violent Offender Task Force, the service said in a statement.
What's still developing
- U.S. Marshals said Hughes has been a Las Vegas resident since February but has family in Philadelphia.
- He fled Philadelphia on Aug. 19 from Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, New Jersey, to Orlando, Florida, and then took another flight to Vegas, they said.
- He was wrong," Robert Clark, the Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force, said.
- Hughes allegedly ran up to multiple people, attempting to scare and antagonize them, police said.
- About two minutes later, police said Hughes entered a Dunkin' on the 1500 block of Chestnut Street, but he was refused service for wearing the mask.
- Police said Hughes then chased a man on the west side of 15th Street and approached a woman jogging at 15th and Market streets.
- The woman took off and injured her leg, police said.
- Clark said Hughes has been charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and related offenses. © 2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc.