Konias

PITTSBURGH — Now that the armored car guard accused of killing his partner and making off with more than $2 million has been arrested in Florida, federal and local officials in Pittsburgh are trying to figure out how the suspect eluded police for eight weeks and wound up in what authorities referred to as a “crack house.”

Investigators recovered between $1.3 million and $1.5 million from the Pompano Beach home where Kenneth Konias Jr., 22, was arrested and in a nearby storage locker, according to Special Agent-In-Charge Michael Rodriguez of the Pittsburgh FBI office.

A Florida resident called Pittsburgh police Monday night to say they knew where Konias was staying. He was arrested by Florida FBI agents, Broward County Sheriff's deputies and others shortly after midnight.

Rodriguez couldn't immediately explain Konias' Florida link. “We've been getting leads from all over the country,” he said. “This one panned out.”

Rodriguez didn't detail the tip that led to the arrest of Konias, except to say he'd “confided in several individuals” after arriving in Florida.

Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the Broward County, Fla. Sheriff's Office, said the home is considered a “crack house.”

Rodriguez said FBI agents and others who arrested Konias found no evidence of drug use in the house and were still unsure how and why Konias wound up there.

Konias' parents didn't return calls for comment, but their attorney, Charles LoPresti said they were “very relieved that nobody, including their own son, is in danger now that the search is done.”