Jul 11, 2021 / 05:00 PM CDT / Updated:
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.
NYPD: Prisoner escapes custody in Bronx
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJuly 11, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) The New York City Department of Corrections said late Saturday that a prisoner who escaped custody in the Bronx earlier in the day had been captured.
The 30-year-old man had escaped from a floating jail off the Bronx that is part of the Vernon C. Bain Correction Center, authorities said.
DOC Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi issued a statement late Saturday to say the escape remains under investigation. He said the DOC will be thoroughly addressing “any and all” deficiencies that led to the escape.
He said those involved in the search for the prisoner included the DOC Correction Intelligence Bureau, the U.S. Marshals Service, the NYPD, and other law enforcement partners.
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