Police Continue Search For Escaped Dannemora Prisoners

By Tactical-Life

It’s been nearly one week since two prisoners escaped from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility — better known as Dannemora for the upstate New York town it is located within — while law enforcement continues to narrow its search.

Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from Dannemora between 10:30 p.m. on June 5 and 5:30 a.m. on June 6.

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The two convicts used power tools to drill through steel walls and navigated steam pipes within the facility before coming up on the streets of Dannemora via a manhole cover.

According to a release from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

Matt is serving a sentence of 25 years to life following his conviction in Niagara County for three counts of murder, three counts of kidnapping, and two counts of robbery after he kidnapped a male victim and caused his death by beating him on Dec. 3, 1997. Matt was transferred to Clinton Correctional on July 10, 2008.

Sweat is serving a sentence of life without parole following his conviction in Broome County for one count of Murder 1st Degree after he caused the death of a Broome County Sheriff’s Deputy on July 4, …read more

Source:: Tactical Life