A 22-year-old Staten Island man who escaped from police custody—on camera!—was sentenced to a decade behind bars, in part due to his escape attempt. According to the Advance, Naquan Thompson was hit with the 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to the failed Jan. 6 escape, and admitting he robbed a bodega last year and threw a pit bull puppy at a police officer (the dog bit the cop on the forehead). Thompson managed to slip out of his handcuffsduring a routine perp walk, but cops chased him and arrested him after he broke his ankle leaping from the St. George Ferry Terminal to Staten Island Railway property.
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