NY mob hitman who escaped Florida halfway house back in custody

Dominic Taddeo was apprehended "with out incident" in Hialeah, Florida.
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An upstate New York mob hitman who escaped federal custody in Florida is again behind bars after every week on the run, authorities mentioned.

Dominic Taddeo, a Rochester mob murderer who killed three La Cosa Nostra rivals within the early Eighties, was apprehended Monday “with out incident” in Hialeah, the US Marshals Service mentioned in an announcement.

Taddeo, 64, escaped federal custody on March 28 by “strolling away” from a midway home close to Orlando. He didn't return from a beforehand approved medical appointment, authorities mentioned.

Taddeo, who was transferred to the midway home months in the past from a medium-security jail, was set to be launched from federal custody early subsequent February.

In 1992, Taddeo pleaded responsible in federal courtroom to racketeering crimes and different offenses, together with the killing of three males on behalf of the Rochester-area crime household. He additionally tried to whack former Rochester Mafia captain Thomas Marotta on two events.

A federal choose rejected Taddeo’s request for compassionate launch in late 2020. He cited well being points and the coronavirus pandemic in his failed petition, the Democrat & Chronicle reported.

Mobster Dominic Taddeo had escaped custody at a midway home in Florida.

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Dominic Taddeo managed to flee the midway home on March 28, 2022, when he didn't return from a medical appointment.

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Taddeo, then dealing with federal firearm fees, was launched on bail in 1987 and disappeared. He used greater than two dozen aliases whereas dwelling in a number of states, the newspaper reported.

Authorities lastly caught up with Taddeo after an informant informed investigators he was headed to fulfill his brother in Cleveland, the place he was taken into custody in 1989.

Three years later, Taddeo pleaded responsible in Rochester, the place he was sentenced to 54 years in jail, the Democrat & Chronicle reported.

Dominic Taddeo was set to be launched from the midway home in February 2023.

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Previous to his newest escape, the previous contract killer had a clear disciplinary document in jail in recent times, together with participation in quite a few instructional packages, in response to the newspaper.