Nicholas Voutsas, who is listed as a Tier 2 sex offender on the Garden State’s registry, was being transported to University Hospital on Thursday when he broke free around 9 a.m. — and is still on the loose, state police said in a press release.

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“As a result, the initial investigative agency, the New Jersey Human Services Police Department, charged Nicholas Voutsas with escape,” the release said. “He was last seen in the area of University Hospital near South Range Avenue and Bergen Street in Newark, Essex County.