Overview

• Stephen Blasetti slipped out of the hospital’s Milstein building at about 6:30 a.m. after donning a lab coat to pose as medical staff.
• He was being held on grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and reckless endangerment charges tied to his naked dinghy theft and Hudson River joyride.
• NYPD Harbor Unit officers arrested Blasetti Saturday after he rowed a stolen dinghy from Dyckman Street Marina to a moored catamaran while unclothed.
• Police are examining surveillance footage, reviewing custody and marina security procedures and urging the public to submit tips to Crime Stoppers.
• Blasetti, 36, has 73 prior emotionally disturbed person incidents with the NYPD and was believed to be under the influence of methamphetamines when arrested.