David Sweat and Richard Matt's escape from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York baffled law enforcement and state officials in June 2015. The escape inspired the ...

Authorities were justified in using deadly force to kill escaped inmate Richard Matt and capture his fellow escapee David Sweat, acting Franklin County District Attorney Glen MacNeill said in a report ...

DANNEMORA, N.Y. -- Two civilians who encountered escaped murders Richard Matt and David Sweat said they are "lucky to be alive now" after seeing the convicts on the night they escaped. The friends, ...

ALBANY (AP) — Law enforcement officials were justified in shooting two killers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in northern New York and led authorities on a three-week manhunt, a prosecutor ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The District Attorney called it an escape that caused extreme trauma and fear in Clinton County during Richard Matt and David Sweat’s escape back in June. On Wednesday ...

Two killers on the run from a northern New York prison for three weeks disagreed over whether to hole up in hunting cabin — one worried about being captured while the other suggested they could kill ...

ALBANY (AP) – A prison inmate shot and captured after three weeks on the run in northern New York remained hospitalized today while the body of his fellow escapee was handled in accordance with the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The former prison tailor who helped two killers escape a maximum-security New York prison was released Thursday after more than four years behind bars. Joyce Mitchell, 55, was released ...

A notorious prison break straight out of a movie plot, involving a romance, smuggled tools, and an elaborate escape, shook our region on this day in history.

Representatives of Johnson Production Group say there’s a market for female crime thrillers and they reckon viewers are probably even more fascinated by Joyce than the killers themselves. New York ...