ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York mobster who killed three people and attempted to kill two others has escaped from federal custody after recently being moved to a halfway house, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Dominic Taddeo, a hitman from a Rochester-area crime family, escaped on March 28, according to the Bureau of Prisons website.
According to the Democrat & Chronicle, the 64-year-old had been held at a medium-security prison in Coleman, Florida, before being transferred in February to a residential halfway house that houses people scheduled for release. The Bureau of Prisons website says it was overseen by the Orlando Residential Reentry Management field office, which is located in Wildwood.
Taddeo pleaded guilty in 1992 to racketeering charges that included the killings of three men during mob wars in the 1980s.
A federal judge in western New York denied Taddeo's request for compassionate release last year, rejecting his claim that health problems including hypertension and obesity put him at risk for serious complications from COVID-19. Prosecutors said medical records did not show that Taddeo was particularly unhealthy.
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson did not immediately return a call seeking information about the circumstances of Taddeo's escape.
10 Tampa Bay contributed to this report.