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NYPD Search For Fugitive Here Comes Up Empty
Phillip Roth, 27, who had served nearly ten years for attempted assault when he shot at and tried to kill a Miami police officer, had been officially released from jail there but had allegedly violated his parole and was spied last week near East 79th Street and Flatlands Avenue, police said. Sources here said Roth had been out of jail for just a short period of time. He had been reporting to his parole officer and allegedly failed one of the many general tests ex-convicts are given when they are on probation. Apparently when he thought he would be confronted with the allegations, he took off, heading to New York, Canarsie and an apartment on East 79th Street near Paerdegat 1 Street, where he was spotted Thursday, presumably armed.
By noon, two large, white ESU trucks pulled up to the corner of Avenue J and East 79th Street and a number of SWAT team officers in heavy gear and bearing state-of-the-art weapons got out, preparatory to invading one of the houses where they thought the fugitive was holed up. Authorities said they were carrying technical equipment that would determine Roth's exact whereabouts if he was in the house. He wasn't. The troops searched from room to room, but there was no trace of Roth. Neighbors were questioned by detectives and the large armored force was told to return to their individual headquarters in other sections of Brooklyn South.
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