NYC Recaptures Murder Suspect Over a Month After Mistakenly Releasing Him

An accused murderer who was allowed to walk the streets of New York City for a month following a bureaucratic bungle was recaptured Friday.

Christopher Buggs, 26, who was mistakenly released from Rikers Island on March 9, was arrested at a Bronx bodega, the New York Post reported, citing law enforcement sources.

“I started to see the cops come in — 15-20 cops ran in,” Alex Mohammed, a clerk at Snacks Convenience Store, said.

“He was arrested. He stayed quiet and said nothing,” Mohammed said, noting that another person was arrested along with Buggs.

“I just kept doing my job. I think he did something bad. I can’t tell the cops what to do, it’s their job.”

Buggs stands accused of murdering Ernest BrownLee, 55, during a dispute outside of a bodega in 2018, according to officials.

While Buggs had been stewing in jail awaiting trial on his murder charge, he picked up a misdemeanor conviction for criminal contempt after cursing out the judge who denied him bail during a February hearing.

The two contempt of court orders the judge delivered lasted 30 days.

Due to a clerical error, the 30-day sentence was mistaken as Buggs’ only conviction, and Buggs was allowed to leave Rikers.

Four Rikers staffers, including an assistant deputy warden, were suspended without pay because of the incident — which saw the accused murderer