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NYC inmate on the run after slipping cuffs and dashing from cops at Bellevue Hospital
By Larry Celona, Amanda Woods,
2 days ago
An inmate slipped out of his handcuffs and escaped from police custody at Bellevue Hospital Wednesday as officials prepared to bring him back to Rikers Island, officials and sources said.
James Mossetty, 35, was being prepared for transport in a vehicle from the Kips Bay Hospital back to the Otis Bantum Correctional Center within the jail complex when he shimmied out of his cuffs and ran off, according to law enforcement sources and the city’s Department of Correction.
Mossetty made his way onto the nearby FDR Drive and hasn’t been seen since, according to cops.
James Mossetty, 35, was being prepared for transport from Bellevue back to Rikers when he bolted, officials said. NYPD
Mossetty was in the DOC’s custody and initially taken to Bellevue because of a medical issue. NYPD
Mossetty – who was arrested on Jan. 6 for assault, theft of services and criminal possession of a controlled substance – was in the DOC’s custody and initially taken to Bellevue because of a medical issue, according to Annais Morales, a department spokeswoman.
Mossetty had been treated at Bellevue for a medical issue. Christopher Sadowski
Mossetty was in custody for punching a man in the face in Midtown back on July 30, 2021 – and two raps rom Aug. 9, 2023: one for refusing to pay a $36 taxi fare in Lower Manhattan, and the other for stashing a bag of meth in his sock, according to the criminal complaints.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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