Jul 11, 2021 / 05:00 PM CDT
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Jul 11, 2021 / 10:48 AM CDT
David Mordukhaev escaped a Department of Correction facility in the Bronx on July 10, 2021, officials said. (Credit: NYPD; stock image)
NEW YORK (WPIX) — Authorities in New York are searching for a prisoner who escaped a prison barge, officials confirmed on Saturday.
According to WPIX, David Mordukhaev, 30, escaped a New York City Department of Correction holding facility in the Bronx. The inmate was discovered missing around 4:35 a.m. on Saturday when officials discovered he was not inside his housing unit at the Vernon C. Bain Center in Hunts Point
The facility, a massive barge anchored near Halleck Street that’s used to hold DOC inmates, was placed on lockdown and a manhunt was immediately launched, officials said.