The New York Police Department is searching for a man who escaped from police custody while at Bellevue Hospital early Saturday morning, authorities said.
Christopher Miller, 23, of Manhattan, was being treated at a hospital around 3:50 a.m. when he left his room and fled through a side entrance near East 28th Street and FDR Drive, the NYPD said. .
Police said Miller is about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs about 160 pounds and has black hair.
When officers last saw him, he was wearing a gray sweatsuit and carrying a black cane.
Police ask anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) I’m calling.
The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website. https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or @NYPDTips on Twitter.
