Rikers Island inmate, 37, makes a SECOND daring escape attempt by climbing onto a jail rooftop – just three days after trying to swim across the East River (9 Pics)
A persistent New York City inmate attempted to escape Rikers Island on Sunday by climbing to the rooftop, just three days after he tried to swim to freedom.
Arthur L. Brown, 37, of Brooklyn, made a second attempt to flee massive penitentiary during an early morning recreation session around 9am.
New York Daily News reports that Brown scaled a fence at the North Infirmary Command building and managed to climb his way onto the roof.
Arthur L. Brown, 37, of Brooklyn, made a second attempt to flee massive penitentiary during an early morning recreation session around 9am. He is seen sitting on the edge of the roof of a building
Brown was reportedly left on the roof for 30 minutes as jail staff attempted to apprehend him
A number of guards surrounded the building after spotting Brown on the rooftop
Brown was eventually seized by authorities, tied into a stokes basket stretcher and lowered onto the ground
He was reportedly left on the roof for 30 minutes as jail staff attempted to apprehend him.
'We have eyes on him... we have units attempting to help the perp,' a police unit reportedly said on the radio.
A number of guards surrounded the building after spotting Brown on the rooftop.
Photos obtained by Spectrum News NY1 show Brown shirtless as he sits on the roof and looks over the guards.
Brown was eventually seized by authorities, tied into a stokes basket stretcher and lowered onto the ground.
'The incident is under investigation and there will be immediate staff suspensions if warranted,' according to Peter Thorne, the Department of Correction’s top spokesman.
Brown has been at Rikers Island since May 29 over assault charges that took place in Staten Island and the Manhattan criminal courthouse
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'This detainee was quickly apprehended and returned to custody.'
Brown was arrested on May 7, 2019, after allegedly attacking a man at the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan.
He was subsequently charged in two other assaults committed in Central Booking at the Manhattan criminal courthouse on May 9 and May 11, 2019.
The latter incident involved an attack in which Brown is said to have put his arm around the neck of a court officer and attempted to choke him, the outlet reported.
Brown has been arrested 31 times. Most of the offenses are for petty crimes.
He was charged with second and third-degree assault, as well as bail jumping. His next court appearance is scheduled for July 21.
This is Brown's second attempt to escape Rikers Island after trying to swim away from the jail on Thursday.
Authorities were alerted just after 12:30pm that inmate Brown was missing during a prisoner headcount.
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Brown, who was housed at the George R. Vierno center at the facility, escaped after scaling a recreational yard fence and running towards the East River that surrounds the notorious jail, situated between Manhattan and Queens.
Brown was a few feet into the Rikers Island Channel when he was spotted by authorities.
Two correction officers assigned to the K-9 unit, Larry McCardle and Gregory Braska, ran into the water after him and pulled him out immediately.
The correction officers were not seriously injured, but did receive treatment for minor injuries to their legs.
Two correction officers assigned to the K-9 unit, Larry McCardle and Gregory Braska (above), ran into the water after him and pulled him out
Brown, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital to be medically evaluated but had no known injuries, the NYPD said.
It was initially reported that two inmates had escaped from the facility, with one said to be spotted swimming towards the runway of the nearby LaGuardia Airport.
However, corrections staff conducted a headcount at the facility and determined that nobody else was missing. A search of the surrounding waters was also conducted by police.
'Around 12:30 p.m. today on Rikers Island, a detainee climbed a recreation yard fence and ran to the shoreline,' Deputy Commissioner of Public Information for the Department of Corrections, Peter Thorne, told DailyMail.com.
'That individual was promptly apprehended by DOC staff. An investigation is ongoing.'
Most famous attempted escapes from Rikers Island
Dozens of inmates house in Rikers Island jail have launched ambitious attempts to escape the facility since it was built in 1932, but very few have done so without being recaptured.
1977: One of the most high-profile jail break attempts came in 1977 when 39 inmates simultaneously attempted to flee the jail.
Three of the 39 drowned in the attempted jail break and four successfully escaped.
1979: Two years later, on March 11, 1979, seven men launched a simultaneous escape from the House of Detention for Men on the island at 9pm.
Five of the men were apprehended shortly afterwards. Three of the inmates were found on the island and two were found in the east River, Ralph Gardner, a spokesman for the New York City Correction Department said at the time.
The two remaining inmates, 21-year-old Donald Brown who had been sentenced to three to six years for robbery, and Randy Starling, 27, convicted of possession of a weapon, a parole violation, remained at large for several more hours but failed to leave the island.
The two men were eventually spotted walking along Hazen Street, the main street of Rikers Island with coils of telephone wire draped over their shoulders, in a bid to disguise themselves as repairmen.
Dozens of inmates house in Rikers Island jail have launched ambitious attempts to escape the facility since it was built in 1932, but very few have done so without being recaptured.
Noticing the two men lacked an identification card that everyone on the island was required to wear at the time, two correctional officers questioned the men and took them to Rikers headquarters to finger print them.
Captured at 11am only yards away from the Men's House of Detention from which they had broken out, the two prisoners said they had spent the night in bushes.
Investigators later found that the men had smashed their way through a pane of Plexiglas one‐quarter to one‐half‐inch thick, 20 feet above ground, which they reached by scaling a floor-to-ceiling gate, before swinging across to the window alongside it.
The 3‐by‐4‐foot plastic pane had apparently been weakened by repeated burning with lighted matches or paper, until it could be kicked out while guards were patrolling elsewhere.
2014: Four Rikers Island inmates tried to escape from their solitary cells by ripping a porcelain toilet out of the floor and smashing it through the cinderblock walls of five cells inside the jail, in March 2014.
Naquan Febres, one of the four masterminds behind the attempted breakout is pictured
Chris Martinez, Vernon Easley, Naquan Febres and Jeffrey Lashley reportedly crawled through the hole they made by throwing a toilet at a wall. In their attempt to escape, the men also attacked an officer with bricks.
The beleaguered officer ran off and called for backup, officials said at the time.
Department records stated that 'the inmates entered the dayroom and refused to exit.'
Officers successfully thwarted the escape by convincing the inmates to return to different cells.
'The officers and captain on post showed remarkable professionalism and restraint and no force was necessary to deal with this incident,' an official said at the time.
The inmates reportedly caused $6,000 in damages during the escape.
2016 A mentally ill inmate escaped the correction facility by breaking open a fire exit with his body.
Gabriel Vazquez, 24, ran from the Anna M. Kross Center — the jail from which Hill attempted an escape — and darted to the roof.
Officers eventually apprehended him a short while after.
2017: Naquan Hill, 24, revealed how he improvised an escape from the island and took 'advantage of the guards' stupidity' during his attempted breakout in July 2017.
Naquan Hill, 24, revealed how he improvised an escape from the island and took 'advantage of the guards' stupidity' during his attempted breakout in July 2017.
Hill, who had been locked up on a burglary charge, aims his impulses got the better of him on July 26 when he scrambled up a 12-foot fence topped with razor wire, slicing his arms and stomach.
The inmate found a place to hide while a massive manhunt that included dogs, helicopters and boats sent the island into lockdown.
Hill remained in his hiding place for nearly eight hours, watching officers scour the island as he waited for the perfect opportunity to attempt to swim to freedom.
As he finally tried to make a break for the water, he was spotted by a pair of correction officers and tackled to the ground.
Escapes during which an inmate successfully escapes from the island are rare
Escapes during which an inmate successfully escapes from the island are rare.
Each facility on Rikers Island is surrounded by lofty walls and razor wire, and electric gates are guarded by security.
Mark Cranston, a former Correction Department commissioner who spent 25 years working at Rikers, told the New York times he remembered very few instances during his tenure when inmates successfully escaped from the island.
However one inmate, he said, escaped by clinging to the bottom of the bus that left the island, while another escaped by hiding in a garbage truck.
Rikers deploys special operation units during a red alert that include Bloodhounds, Cranston said. During a red alert, officers secure the perimeter to ensure all inmates remain on the premises.
According to Cranston, 'A red alert is a rarity, and it happens when you have the high likelihood of an escape.'
Rikers Island inmate, 37, makes a SECOND daring escape attempt by climbing onto a jail rooftop – just three days after trying to swim across the East River (9 Pics)
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