Prisoner uses sheets to escape from 5th floor of NYC hospital and hail taxi; he’s still at large

2025-01-13 02:29:08 source:lotradecoin focus category:reviews

NEW YORK (AP) — A prisoner receiving medical treatment escaped from a New York City hospital by tying sheets together, rappelling from a fifth-floor window and hailing a taxi, police said.

The 44-year-old man escaped from Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan shortly after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and was still at large Thursday, a police spokesperson said.

The man had been in custody since a July 31 arrest for drug possession and was brought to the hospital Aug. 4 for treatment of a medical problem, a spokesperson for the city Department of Correction said.

He was taken to the bathroom for a shower and managed to escape out the window using bedsheets, police said. He rappelled to a rooftop below and from there made it to the street, where he got into a taxi.

The police and correction departments were looking for him Thursday.

More:reviews

Recommend

Taxpayers could get $500 'inflation refund' checks under New York proposal: What to know

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a proposal to send checks up to $500 back to taxpayers to addre

Bill would ban sports betting ads during games and forbid bets on college athletes

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The federal government would ban in-game advertising and bets on college

Black Excellence Brunch heads to White House in family-style celebration of Black culture

Trell Thomas first started the Black Excellence Brunch series back in 2018, and now the movement has