MANHATTAN— Police are searching for a man who escaped after being taken into police custody in Harlem.

Austin Stevenson, 25 was arrested on Sunday at 2:43 a.m. at 160 East 103 Street for Criminal Trespass. Stevenson was handcuffed and being led to the station when he shoved the officer escorting him, causing the officer to lose his balance, police said.

Stevenson escaped, fleeing towards Lexington Avenue and was last seen heading north near East 104 Street and Lexington Avenue.

The prisoner is being described as a black man, 25-years-old, 5 feet ten inches tall, approximately 160 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, last seen wearing grey pants and a black t-shirt.

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