An NYPD officer has been suspended with out pay after reportedly falling asleep whereas guarding a suspect who escaped from a New York hospital earlier this week. The person, 36-year-old Stephen Blasetti, had been underneath watch at Columbia College Irving Medical Heart. He was earlier arrested and charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing two boats whereas fully bare from a marina on Manhattan’s Dyckman Road. Based on police, Blasetti managed to depart the hospital round 6.30 am on Wednesday after turning into a white lab coat and blue hospital trousers, however no footwear. He has not been discovered since. The NYPD confirmed that the officer assigned to observe him has been suspended because the division opinions the incident, reported New York Submit. Blasetti made headlines after allegedly stripping and leaping right into a small sailboat on Saturday afternoon. When officers from the NYPD Harbor Patrol tried to cease him, he reportedly swam to a bigger catamaran within the river. He was arrested there and brought to hospital for a psychological well being verify. Police consider he could have been underneath the affect of methamphetamines in the course of the incident. He’s nonetheless on the run.
