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A prisoner who used a rope made of bedsheets to escape from the fifth floor of a New York City hospital was arrested again after a month on the run. Police say the 44-year-old man was taken into custody Tuesday in Queens. two prison officers who were guarding the man when he escaped have been suspended for 30 days without pay.
NEW YORK — A prisoner who used a rope made of bedsheets to escape from the fifth floor of a New York City hospital was arrested again after a month on the run, police said Wednesday.
The 44-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Queens after escaping from Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan on Aug. 9, a police spokesman said.
The man had been held on drug charges since July 31 when he was taken to the hospital on Aug. 4 after complaining of chest pains, authorities said.
He used a rope made of sheets to escape through a fifth-floor window five days later after asking to take a shower, police said. She rappelled to a rooftop and from there reached the street, where he got into a taxi.
The man was detained Tuesday by U.S. Marshals and agents from the city’s Department of Corrections intelligence bureau, a corrections department spokesman said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for a medical evaluation and arrested again on escape charges.
A message seeking comment was sent to the New York County Defender Services attorney who represented the man in the drug case.
The two prison officers who were guarding the man when he escaped were suspended for 30 days without pay.
2023-09-14 01:59:29
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