A member of the Russian mafia makes a daring escape from a floating prison in New York

According to the police, the inmate of the city floating prison made a daring escape on the night of July 9-10. NYPost... After 12 hours of searching, he was captured in a raid on the evening of July 10.

30-year-old David Mordukhaev, whom law enforcement officers associate with the Russian mafia in America, escaped from the correctional institution. Vernon K. Bane - prison barges in the Bronx - on the night of July 9-10.

Didn't keep track of

According to law enforcement sources, Mordukhaev was able to descend from the barge unnoticed, and prison officials did not immediately notice his absence, despite the fact that federal investigators, who had suspicions of escaping, called the institution around 9 am on July XNUMX and asked to check. is there a prisoner. Prison officials said he was in a cell, but it later emerged that the guards had not actually checked Mordukhaev’s cell after the federal agents called.

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Federal investigators made a second call at 4:30 am to inquire about the prisoner, and it was then that the prison administration discovered that Mordukhaev had fled.

During the check, the guards "noticed that the window in the cell was open and the prisoner was gone."

At the same time, the staff did not notice the evidence of a daring escape, which was enough everywhere: an open cell window, a rope with knots hanging from it, and prison clothes left by the fugitive in the cell. All this was seen by the investigators who had already arrived at the scene.

Investigators believe that a car prepared for the planned escape was waiting on the bank of Mordukhaev.

Quick catch

When it became clear that Mordukhaev had escaped, his photo was sent to the phones of all law enforcement officers in the state. As a result, his whereabouts were quickly discovered and by the evening of July 10, the man was returned back to the prison. He spent only about 12 hours at large.

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"A thorough investigation into how this happened is currently underway to ensure that this does not happen again and disciplinary action, if required, will be taken upon completion of the investigation," said Peter Thorne, a spokesman for the city's Department of Corrections.

Who is Mordukhaev

Law enforcers associate him with the Russian mafia in New York, but they did not disclose specific information about his status in the organization. In December 2013, Mordukhaev was sentenced to 65 months in prison for conspiring to rob a pharmacy in Marlborough, New Jersey, and sell stolen drugs for cash.

Mordukhaev also posed as a policeman, which is also a criminal offense. He was arrested in April 2020 after he and another suspect, showing police badges and a walkie-talkie, “fined” an SUV driver in Brooklyn $ 340 and took marijuana from him. When the victim realized that these two were not policemen, he tried to follow them in his car.