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Escaped Prisoner David Sweat Has Been Shot

updated

Jun 28, 2015 3:15 PM CDT

Escaped Prisoner David Sweat Shot Twice

Huge statewide manhunt comes to an end

(Newser) - A massive manhunt came to an end today when a state trooper shot and wounded prison escapee David Sweat, sources tell the New York Times . One source says 35-year-old Sweat, who broke out of prison with Richard Matt earlier this month, was now in custody. Law enforcement officers tracked Sweat...

Husband of
Accused NY
Prison Worker
Speaks Out

Jun 23, 2015 8:42 AM CDT

Husband of Accused NY Prison Worker Speaks Out

'Do I still love her? Yes. Am I mad? Yes,' Lyle Mitchell says about wife Joyce

(Newser) - Only when Joyce Mitchell realized her husband could be harmed did she get cold feet in carrying out the escape plan of New York inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat. That's what her husband told Matt Lauer this morning in an exclusive interview with Today, revealing that he had...

DNA Found in Cabin,
Hunt for Inmates Shifts Again

UPDATED

Jun 22, 2015 11:55 AM CDT

DNA Found in Cabin, Hunt for Inmates Shifts Again

Sources say DNA of at least one of the escapees was in burglarized cabin

(Newser) - The last lead in the hunt for Richard Matt and David Sweat doesn't seem to have led anywhere, but authorities are hot on the trail of a new one. After a possible sighting of the pair on railroad tracks 350 miles away from the prison they escaped from sent...

New Lead Emerges in
New York Fugitive Hunt

Jun 20, 2015 3:45 PM CDT

New Lead Emerges in New York Fugitive Hunt

David Sweat and Richard Matt may have been spotted

(Newser) - State police are investigating a possible sighting of two convicted killers in New York's southern tier, about 350 miles from the prison where they escaped two weeks ago. State police spokesman Beau Duffy says officers got a lead that the prisoners might be in Allegany County, near the Pennsylvania...

Husband: No, I'm
Not 'Standing By'
Wife Accused
in Prison Break

Jun 17, 2015 8:49 AM CDT

Husband: No, I'm Not 'Standing By' Wife Accused in Prison Break

Lyle Mitchell refutes earlier reports

(Newser) - Lyle Mitchell visited his wife, Joyce, in jail yesterday—the woman accused of helping two prison inmates escape—and was probably surprised to learn afterward that he fully supported her. At least that's how her lawyer described things after their unmonitored meeting of about an hour, conducted by phone...

Trail 'Gone Cold' in
Hunt for NY Inmates

Jun 16, 2015 6:44 AM CDT

Trail 'Gone Cold' in Hunt for NY Inmates

Town puts up blue ribbons to support searchers

(Newser) - There have been no sightings of Richard Matt and David Sweat on the International Space Station, meaning the two NY prison escapees are likely still somewhere on this planet—but officials admit that despite some promising clues last week, they have no idea where. A state official tells CNN that...

Cons May Have Plotted to Kill Seamstress' Hubby

Cons May Have Plotted to
Kill Seamstress's Hubby

Jun 15, 2015 9:57 AM CDT

Cons May Have Plotted to Kill Seamstress's Hubby

Joyce Mitchell, inmates were to escape to Vermont after murder: source

(Newser) - Breaking out of New York's Clinton Correctional Facility may have only been part of the plan for David Sweat and Richard Matt. A law enforcement source tells the Albany Times Union that jailed prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell told investigators she and the prisoners had discussed a plot to murder...

Seamstress, Cons Planned
'to Move on Together': DA

Jun 14, 2015 11:28 AM CDT

Seamstress, Cons Planned 'to Move on Together': DA

Day 9: NY cops still searching for escaped inmates

(Newser) - Residents in rural New York unaccustomed to locking their doors were on edge as the manhunt for two killers who cut themselves free from a maximum-security prison stretched into a ninth day. More than 800 law enforcement officers in the search for David Sweat and Richard Matt scoured the fields...

DA: Female Prison Worker Gave Inmates Contraband

Jun 12, 2015 9:27 AM CDT

DA: Female Prison Worker Gave Inmates Contraband

But Joyce Mitchell didn't hand over power tools

(Newser) - It was previously hinted at , but authorities have now confirmed to CNN that Clinton Correctional Facility employee Joyce Mitchell "provided some form of equipment or tools" to escaped inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat. Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie made the announcement today, with sources saying the contraband...

Dogs Get Whiff of NY Escapees

Jun 12, 2015 6:14 AM CDT

Dogs Get Whiff of NY Escapees

'Incident' involving inmate, suspected accomplice reported last year

(Newser) - A new lead in the hunt for escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat: Bloodhounds have picked up the scent of the two men near the Clinton Correctional Facility and discovered a possible campsite in the woods, police say. Sources tell CNN that authorities are reviewing security camera footage from...

Highway Closed
in Hunt for Fugitives

Jun 11, 2015 7:00 AM CDT

Highway Closed in Hunt for Fugitives

Previous NY escapee wishes fugitives luck

(Newser) - After expanding the search to Vermont , authorities hunting escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat have descended on a village just a few miles from the prison. Police have closed a stretch of State Route 374 and ordered residents of Cadyville, NY, to stay inside and keep their exterior lights...

Hunt for NY Escapees
Switches to New State

Jun 11, 2015 12:01 AM CDT

Hunt for NY Escapees Switches to New State

Gov. says he has info pointing to Vermont

(Newser) - "Vermont is cooler" isn't the state's new motto, it's the reason why Gov. Peter Shumlin thinks prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat may have made their way across the border to the Green Mountain State. Shumlin says he has information that suggests the convicts thought...

Hunt for Prison
Escapees in
NY Town a
Dead End

Jun 10, 2015 7:04 AM CDT

Hunt for Prison Escapees in NY Town a Dead End

Authorities in Willsboro come up empty in search for David Sweat, Richard Matt

(Newser) - "Please lock house and car doors tonight. Avoid walking around town if possible." That was part of the directive yesterday tweeted by the town of Willsboro, NY, to residents as the hunt continues for Richard Matt and David Sweat. The focus of the manhunt for the two convicts...

Woman Questioned in
New York Prison Escape

Jun 8, 2015 4:20 PM CDT

Woman Questioned in New York Prison Escape

Authorities talk to ex-worker at Clinton Correctional Facility

(Newser) - Authorities are investigating whether a female accomplice was involved in the escape of two prisoners from a New York penitentiary on Friday or Saturday, police tell Reuters . Officials are talking to a woman who worked at the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemor, NY; she was an employee, not a...

Cops on
Escaped Killer:
Most Evil Person
We've Seen

Jun 8, 2015 7:03 AM CDT

Cops on Escaped Killer: Most Evil Person We've Seen

Prison that lifers broke out of is NY's 'Little Siberia'

(Newser) - As law enforcement officers swarm upstate New York in the search for escaped lifers David Sweat and Richard Matt, the New York Times looks inside the prison it calls a "tough place to do hard time." The notorious Clinton Correctional Facility, nicknamed "Little Siberia" because of its...

2 Killers Break Out of Prison With Power Tools

Jun 6, 2015 4:45 PM CDT

2 Killers Break Out of Prison With Power Tools

Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, gone from maximum-security prison

(Newser) - Two convicted murderers used power tools to cut through steel pipes at a maximum-security prison near the Canadian border and escape through a manhole, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. "It was an elaborate plot," Cuomo said after joining law enforcement authorities to retrace the prisoners' escape route from...

Al-Qaeda Springs 300
in Huge Yemen Jailbreak

Apr 2, 2015 7:32 AM CDT

Al-Qaeda Springs 300 in Huge Yemen Jailbreak

As Houthi troops withdraw from central Aden

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda militants seized a main prison in the Yemeni city of al-Mukalla today, freeing hundreds of inmates in a large-scale attack, locals say. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula first targeted security headquarters, the presidential palace, a Central Bank branch, and other government buildings in the capital of Hadhramaut province in...

Homeowner Shoots
Escaped Inmate

Feb 20, 2015 12:00 AM CST

Homeowner Shoots Escaped Inmate

Idaho man spotted fugitive after dog barked

(Newser) - An Idaho inmate who escaped from a county jail earlier this week has been recaptured with the help of a homeowner—and his dog. Police say that a homeowner in Wallace, Shoshone County, went to check on his barking dog yesterday evening and spotted 48-year-old Roy Bieluch, whom authorities had...

6 Inmates Kill
Themselves
After Prison Siege

Feb 12, 2015 12:24 AM CST

6 Inmates Kill Themselves After Prison Siege

Taiwan prisoners traded hostage guard for warden

(Newser) - After a desperate attempt to get out of prison alive failed, six inmates in Taiwan took the only other way out, authorities say. According to officials in Kaohsiung, the six men, led by a senior member of the United Bamboo triad gang, killed themselves at the end of a 14-hour...

Women Seduce Prison Guards, Free 26 Inmates

Feb 9, 2015 4:14 PM CST

Women Seduce Prison Guards, Free 26 Inmates

The alleged perps brought spiked whiskey, authorities say

(Newser) - The alleged perpetrators of this prison break needed no weapons—only lingerie and spiked bottles of whiskey, CNN reports. According to local media, two women showed up at a prison in Nova Mutum, a small city in central Brazil, and persuaded the guards to let them in for a chat...