Robbery suspect caught two days after escape from police during arrest for stealing shirt from SoHo Nike store

This fugitive’s freedom was short-lived.

Cops early Sunday caught a man who escaped their custody after they arrested him for allegedly stealing shirts from the SoHo Nike store.

Derek Robinson, 39, was nabbed at a city youth hostel about 1:35 a.m., police said.

Police first cuffed Robinson on Friday evening after they say he and a woman were caught stealing two soccer jerseys worth $190 from the Nike flagship store at Broadway and Spring St.

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