A correction officer was suspended Friday as part of the investigation into the escape of two inmates who broke out of a New York state prison and are still at large, officials said.
State police expanded the search Wednesday for two escaped murderers beyond a 16-square-mile area of woods, fields and swamps where the manhunt has been most intense.
DANNEMORA, N.Y. — Search teams headed back into the northern New York woods Tuesday for an 11th day of trying to track down two convicted murderers who broke out of a maximum-security prison using tools that authorities say were provided by a woman who worked there.
The two convicted killers who cut themselves free from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York reportedly were planning to strike again – by killing the husband of the woman accused of helping them, it was revealed Sunday.
Two convicted murders who used power tools to cut their way out of a prison near the Canadian border could be nearby or “in Mexico by now,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
Saranac, NY -Eight days into the massive manhunt in upstate New York for two convicted killers, state police say they have no new leads.
DANNEMORA, N.Y. – New York State Police have arrested Joyce Mitchell, 51, of Dickinson Center, NY for providing material assistance to Richard Matt and David Sweat to assist them in escaping from Clinton Correctional Facility.
New York – A prison employee being questioned about her suspected role in the escape of two killers provided them with contraband before they cut their way out of the maximum-security institution, a prosecutor said Friday.
New York – A female prison worker being questioned by police, who are hunting two escapees from an upstate New York prison, thought she had a romantic relationship with one of them and had planned to drive the getaway car, NBC News reported on Thursday.
Authorities searching for two escaped killers who have been on the loose for the better part of a week acknowledged being in the dark about their whereabouts or doings, even as the hunt for the men expanded past state borders.