RadioOnFire.com - An inmate on Rikers Island was captured after escaping the jail on Thursday night (July 27). The facility was placed on lockdown while officers searched for him on the island.
New York City Department of Corrections tells AOL.com that Naquan Hill, 24 had not returned from his outdoor recreational time at 7:30 pm. The jail staff realized he was gone when the headcount was off by one and the entire facility was sealed off.
Eventually, he was recaptured on the island at 2:30 am after the island was placed on red alert, its highest emergency level.
NYPD and Port Authority Police joined forces to aid correctional officers during the seven-hour manhunt. Officers searched throughout parts of Queens and the surrounding East River. K-9 Units and helicopters were deployed.
The escape resulted in hundreds of visitors being stranded on the island for hours. Passengers reportedly flooded out of five packed buses shortly after 10:45 p.m. according to the New York Daily News. Many of them were heard shouting “Freedom!” while others suffered from various medical problems including, but not limited to asthma attacks.
Wendy Jamie, who was visiting an inmate at the Kross center tells the New York Daily News that they were stuck on the bus for hours while chaos ensued.
“I was stuck in that bus for three hours. No consideration. Everybody loud. Everybody was going crazy, everybody was in the bus suffocating,” said the 33-year old.
Hill is being held without bail on two felony counts of burglary involving two 2016 break ins in Queens. He will have a hearing for the incidents coming August.
Source: aol.com
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