Man who escaped custody from NYC hospital is back behind bars, officials say

Yenchun Chen evaded capture for more than a month.

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Yenchun Chen, the man who escaped from Department of Correction custody last month, is no longer on the lam.rappelling down the side of a Manhattan hospitalOfficers from the Correction Intelligence Bureau and the U.S. marshals caught up with Chen, 44, in Long Island City at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday. A spokesperson for the DOC said Chen was taken to Bellevue Hospital for medical evaluation and treatment.

Chen initially escaped Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Gramercy Park on Aug. 9, after police said he tied a string of towels or bedsheets together and squeezed his way out of a fifth-floor window.Chen was arrested on July 31 in Manhattan for criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to the NYPD. He was in the hospital in August for treatment related to a medical issue.

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