A New York mob hitman escaped from custody this week after leaving the residential halfway house he was transferred to in February.
Dominic Taddeo, 62, was held at a medium-security facility in Coleman, Florida, until February this year. On March 28, Taddeo left the house for a medical appointment and never returned.
Taddeo’s housing in a halfway house appeared to be an accommodation for the man who was denied compassionate release in 2021 and was one year away from his scheduled release.
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The former hitman claimed he was at a high risk of dying from COVID-19, citing hypertension and obesity among his risk factors.
U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci Jr. said at the time that Taddeo’s crimes outweighed any health risk he might face in prison.
Taddeo pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in 1992. He disappeared after he was released on bail on firearms charges in 1987. The racketeering charges were connected to three killings in the early 80s.
The Democrat and Chronicle, a newspaper in Rochester, where Taddeo worked for a crime family, reported that despite killing three men, Taddeo’s reputation was better known for two failed assassination attempts on the same man.
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Taddeo tried to kill mob captain Thomas Marotta twice in 1983.
In the first attempt, Taddeo shot Marotta six times with 11 shots. Seven months later, Taddeo tried again, using 10 shots to hit Marotta three times. The second attempt also failed.
The Bureau of Prisons inmate tracker reports Taddeo escaped on March 28 but doesn’t have any other information.
The Bureau of Prisons did not respond to a request for comment.
