Famous New York mobster who killed three people and tried kill two others escaped from federal custody after being recently transferred to a midway house, according to the bureau. of Prisons. Dominic Taddeo, hit man from Rochesterarea crime family escaped on March 28, according to the bureau of Prisons website.
64-year-old Taddeo was imprisoned in a maximum security prison. in Florida before being transferred to a halfway house house, also in Florida, in February.
He failed return from an authorized medical appointment and “was placed on escape status” on Monday, bureau of This was reported by the prison representative.
Taddeo pleaded guilty in 1992 on racketeering charges including murder. of three men during gang fights in 1980s. In 1982 and 1983, Taddeo shot and killed Nicholas Mastronato, Gerald Pelusio and Dino Tortatis to death.
federal judge in western New York denied Taddeo’s request for liberation from compassion last year, rejecting his claim that health problems including hypertension and obesity, put him in risk for serious complications from COVID-19. The prosecutor’s office stated that the medical documents were not show that Taddeo was especially unwell.
The Bureau of The prison spokesman did not immediately respond call seeking information about circumstances of Taddeo escape.
The Democrat & Chronicle reported that Taddeo had previously eluded authorities during a two-year hiatus.year wanted after release on pledge in 1987. He was finally caught in 1989 while trying to meet his brother in Cleveland, according to the newspaper.
When brought back in Rochester, The Democrat and Chronicle wrote: “Small, balding and barely looking like crowd hit human who investigators say they fired down three underworld figures, Dominic Taddeo is back in federal court in shackles.”
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