Friday, January 31, 2014

Mental patient who escaped Queens facility arrested in Tennessee

Raymond Morillo, 33, was nabbed at a bus station in Memphis, Tenn., a day after he escaped from Creedmore Psychiatric Facility in Queens.


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Raymond Morillo, 33, was nabbed at a bus station in Memphis, Tenn., a day after he escaped from Creedmore Psychiatric Facility in Queens.



A convicted murderer who slipped out of a Queens psychiatric facility by switching clothes with a visitor was busted in Tennessee, cops said Friday.


Raymond Morillo, 33 — who escaped from the Creedmoor Psychiatric Facility in Queens Village on Tuesday — was nabbed inside a Greyhound bus terminal in Memphis late Wednesday, police said.


He was waiting to be extradited to New York on Friday.


RELATED: MENTAL PATIENT WITH MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION TRICKS HIS WAY OUT OF FACILITY: COPS


Morillo, who served 14 years in prison for assault and manslaughter, was undergoing an evaluation at the Winchester Blvd. facility when he escaped.


Police have said that Morillo was scheduled to be released within a matter of days.


Local civic leaders were angered that officials didn’t immediately notify the community when Morillo went missing.


RELATED: COPS STILL SEARCHING FOR KILLER WHO WALKED OUT OF CREEDMOOR


“I’m very concerned and disappointed none of the local schools were notified,” Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) told The News on Thursday.


“There should have been a warning and some procedure if this happens during school hours.”


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