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Brooklyn man escapes police custody

Police say they are looking for a Brookyln man who escaped their custody in Manhattan Thursday night.  Daniel Ortiz, 31, was at Lenox Hill Healthplex Hospital before he escaped wearing his leg shackles,

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Dec 30, 2016, 1:56 PM

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