A dangerous mental patient who believed he was the “King and Queen of Ireland” was recaptured after a violent escape from an Orange County hospital earlier in the week.
Christopher Morgan was nabbed about 20 miles from the Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, when an eagle-eyed onlooker spotted him Friday outside a Port Jervis gas station around 9 a.m., the New York State Police said.
Authorities received a slew of tips from worried locals after Morgan made his dash for freedom Thursday afternoon — which happened to be his 40th birthday, according to court documents.
The kooky runaway allegedly attacked a 74-year-old hospital worker — leaving her needing multiple stitches — and then snatched her badge during the daring escape, according to cops and News 12.
Surveillance footage caught a bearded Morgan sprinting in the hospital’s hallway.
Police warned the public to stay away from him.
“If you see Morgan, do not approach him,” cops wrote on Facebook hours after he got away.
Weeks earlier, he allegedly made bomb threats against several police departments and a Wallkill army recruitment station, according to court documents.
Morgan claimed “he was the King and Queen of Ireland, creator of the American Flag” during a bizarre phone call to an army recruitment center from the Behavioral Unit at the Garnet Health Medical Center on Feb. 22.
Morgan — who was diagnosed with schizophrenia — also said he was “700-2,000 years old” during the call while making the threats.
Hours later, Morgan confessed to a psych employee and said “he was upset that police killed Queen Elizabeth and he wanted revenge.”
New York State Police had a temporary extreme risk protection order against him following the threats — which barred him from possessing any guns.
He was slapped with robbery charges for Thursday’s escape and charged with making a terroristic threat relating to last month’s phone calls.
Morgan was arraigned Friday in Middletown County Court and held on $250,000 cash bail.
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