YONKERS – Westchester County authorities are looking for a prisoner wanted for robbery who escaped Sunday morning.
The county Department of Correction assumed responsibility for a prisoner detail from the Yonkers Police Department at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, as per their customary practice. The prisoner, Geraldo Rojas, had been arrested for three counts of robbery, was able to escape while in custody, county authorities said.
The Westchester County Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with Yonkers Police and Department of Corrections is engaged in efforts to apprehend Rojas. The immediate priority is to locate and secure the individual whose last known address was in Yonkers, police said.
A thorough review of the escape is underway and the involved officers have been suspended from duty, and will also face internal disciplinary charges, officials said.”
