What you should know
- A New York mobster who killed three people and attempted to kill two others has escaped federal custody after recently being transferred to a halfway house, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
- Dominic Taddeo, a Rochester-area mob hitman, escaped on March 28, according to the Bureau of Prisons website.
- Taddeo, 64, had been incarcerated in a medium-security prison in Florida before being transferred to a halfway house, also in Florida, in February.
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FLORIDA — A New York mobster who killed three people and tried to kill two others escaped federal custody after recently being transferred to a halfway house, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Dominic Taddeo, a Rochester-area mob hitman, escaped on March 28, according to the Bureau of Prisons website.
Taddeo, 64, had been incarcerated in a medium-security prison in Florida before being transferred to a halfway house, also in Florida, in February.
Taddeo pleaded guilty in 1992 to racketeering charges that included the murder of three men during mob wars in the 1980s.
A federal judge in western New York last year denied Taddeo’s request for humanitarian release, rejecting his claim that health problems such as high blood pressure and obesity put him at risk of serious complications from COVID-19. 19. Prosecutors said medical records did not show Taddeo was in particularly poor health.
A Bureau of Prisons spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking information about the circumstances of Taddeo’s escape.
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