It all started as you say when police got that call to crime stoppers, they got that tip yesterday afternoon, law enforcement sources saying it was in fact frank james who called and said that he was at a mcdonald s and that police could come and get him there. once they got over to that mcdonald s, located not far from where we are, he was nowhere to be found. that s where francisco pueblo steps in, working in the area, good samaritan, he basically spotted frank james on the sidewalk, and when he saw police, he flagged them down. when i saw his face, i recognized him like right away. and at the same time i feel like kind of panicked because he was carrying a backpack on his right-hand side, like, heavy, and he was going and talking himself. when police showed up, i told the police officer the i just
Arrested yesterday after essentially turning himself in. cnn national correspondent jason carroll has been following the story. he s in manhattan where james is taken into custody. how quickly do we expect this to all proceed from here? reporter: again, we expect the court proceeding to get under way, just about two hours from now. but a lot of folks, as you can imagine, jim, still talking about what happened right out here on this sidewalk, just a few feet from where i m standing. that s where police actually apprehended frank james yesterday afternoon. it all started with that call to the crime stoppers tip line. according to law enforcement sources, it was frank james himself who called with the tip yesterday afternoon saying he was at a local mcdonald s a few blocks from where i m standing right now. by the time police got over there, he was nowhere to be found. that s where francisco pueblo stepped in. he is a good samaritan. he was working in the area.