Overview

• Blasetti escaped from Columbia University Irving Medical Center on July 23 by slipping out of handcuffs when the officer guarding him fell asleep and fleeing in a white lab coat, blue hospital pants and no shoes.
• He faces grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and reckless endangerment charges for allegedly stealing a dinghy from Dykman Street Marina on July 19 and navigating the Hudson River naked.
• The NYPD suspended the assigned guard without pay and launched an internal review of hospital custody protocols.
• Police are canvassing Washington Heights and reviewing surveillance footage while calling on the public to provide tips on Blasetti’s whereabouts.
• Investigators are probing whether he stole handcuff keys from the sleeping officer before fleeing the facility.