Mobster Dominic Taddeo Who Killed 3, Escapes From Florida Prison, A Year Before He Was To Be Released

A notorious New York mobster known for being a hitman for the La Cosa Nostra crime family has escaped from federal custody. Dominic Taddeo, 64, failed to return on March 28 to his facility, after an “authorized medical appointment”. He was placed on escape status as US Marshals said they have been aware of his status and are on top of a fugitive investigation.

According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Taddeo has been in the custody of medium-security Coleman Federal Correction Complex in Florida, prior to his transfer to a residential halfway house in February. He was supposed to serve the remainder of his sentence there until his release in February 2023.

The hitman was said to have previously escaped in 1987 and lived under more than two dozen aliases while skipping residences across the east coast and Midwest. Police tracked him down in a two-year-long manhunt when he fell into law enforcement's hands while visiting his brother in Cleveland in 1989 after a tip-off from an informant. In 1992, Tadeo pleaded guilty to racketeering and the murder of three men at the height of the mob wars.

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was one of the most visible lawyers involved in bringing down the mafia between 1985 to 1986. Guiliani took down some of the biggest mob honchos finding enough motivation to target La Cosa Nostra, whom his father hated. The former mayor had once revealed of a plot and a price on his head during the early 1990s when he was mayor, citing an $800,000 tag for his head.

Tales of Taddeo’s failure to knock off Rochester mob top-dog Thomas Marotta were also the talk of the mafia town after Marotta once again survived a third attempt by Taddeo in 1983. Taddeo is currently serving his 54-year prison sentence where the Bureau of Prisons reports a clean record for Taddeo while he was also taking up educational extracurriculars.

Last year, a federal judge in western New York denied Taddeo’s request for compassionate release, as he claimed ensuing health problems put him at serious risk for a Covid-19 infection. Medical records obtained by prosecutors said there was nothing that indicated Taddeo was particularly in poor health.