Daring Escape Video – Inmate Escape Caught on Tape

STATEN ISLAND [WABC] — A suspect who escaped during a prisoner transfer outside a police precinct made a run for the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, where he was promptly caught.

The man was being moved out of the 120th Precinct to a waiting Corrections Department van when managed to escape.

He somehow broke free from a chain linking prisoners.

The escaped prisoner is identified as 22-year-old Naquan Thompson.

He was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of first-degree armed robbery from a December 13 incident at a deli. Prosecutors say he and an unapprehended accomplice stole $1,200 and cigarettes.
Thompson, wearing an orange sweatshirt, fled on foot toward the St. George Ferry Terminal.

< > Police called a Level 1 mobilization, flooding the area in the search for the suspect.
He was quickly caught at the ferry terminal and taken back into custody.

Responding officers trapped him on a train at the terminal, where he was held in the conductor’s car.

He was brought back to the police precinct, where he is facing more charges.

Sources say this brief run from justice wasn’t Thompson’s first attempt at a fast getaway.

In July, he was charged with throwing a pit bull at police as he tried to flee in a stolen car. Thompson tossed the 2-month-old male pit bull, named Stone, at the officers trying to stop him from getting away in the stolen 2007 Honda Accord.

The pit bull bit one of the responding officers in the forehead and tried to run away, but was scooped up. The officer sustained a bite wound.

The other officers restrained Thompson and took him into custody. He was charged with assault, grand larceny, unauthorized use of a vehicle and resisting arrest. He was out on $2,500 bail when he committed the December 13 robbery.

On an unrelated note, Thompson was part of a chain of prisoners that included 34-year-old Gypsy Porfirio, of Brooklyn. Porfirio, an aspiring model, was charged with striking two joggers Tuesday on Hylan Boulevard.