Fugitives captured in Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Two suspected fugitives wanted for assaulting a Minnesota couple were arrested Friday evening, six miles from a popular campground that was evacuated during an search and standoff with a SWAT team, park officials said.

Park rangers and the SWAT officers had surrounded a stolen truck near the campground about 6 a.m. and watched it for seven hours, thinking the men and an unidentified woman were inside. After waiting most of the day, police approached the truck to find it empty.

The two men and a woman were arrested about 6 p.m., park spokeswoman Marsha Karle said.

Authorities believe the men are Patrick J. Engelbrecht, 18, and Thomas J. O'Flanagan, 19, both of Superior, Wis. They are wanted for a string of burglaries in that state in which police say they stole at least a half-dozen guns, including assault rifles. The woman was not identified.