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Man Accused of Stealing Boat for Nude Joyride Escapes From NYC Hospital
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY, JUL 23 – Stephen Blasetti, with 73 prior emotional disturbance cases, escaped hospital custody after a drug-fueled boat theft and naked joyride on the Hudson River, police said.
- A man named Stephen Blasetti, 36, escaped NYPD custody on Wednesday at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital around 6:40 a.m.
- He was hospitalized after allegedly stealing a dinghy and going on a naked joyride down the Hudson River on Saturday.
- Police reported that Blasetti left the hospital around 6:30 a.m. while wearing a white coat and blue hospital pants.
- He faces charges of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, and reckless endangerment related to the incident.
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Man accused of stealing boat for nude joyride escapes from NYC hospital
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX) --- A man accused of stealing a boat to take a nude joyride in the Hudson River escaped from a Manhattan hospital while in police custody, police said. Stephen Blasetti, 36, was being treated at New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center on 168th Street when he escaped at around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD. More Local News Blasetti was in police custody for allegedly stealing a boa…
NYC man busted for naked boat romp escapes from hospital in makeshift disguise
Stephen Blasetti, 36 – who was being held on grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and reckless endangerment charges in connection to the bizarre Saturday jaunt – escaped from Columbia University Irving Medical Center around 6:30 a.m., police said.
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