Joanne Chesimard was granted asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from the New Jersey prison where the former Black Panther was serving a life sentence in the killing of a state t ...
A decade after he broke out of Clinton state prison in the infamous “Escape at Dannemora” and led cops on a 23-day manhunt that riveted the nation, convicted killer David Sweat, in an exclusive ...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month. The state correction department said ...
ALBANY – A convicted killer who was serving life behind bars when he staged a daring escape from a maximum-security prison pleaded guilty Friday to criminal charges for the breakout. David Sweat, in ...
DANNEMORA, N.Y. -- Search teams hindered by cool, rainy weather combed through woods for an 11th day trying to track down two escaped murderers on Tuesday as one official raised doubts the escapees ...
It has been a decade since New York state and beyond were in the midst of a massive manhunt after two inmates escaped from the Clinton Correctional prison in Dannemora. WAMC North Country Bureau Chief ...
PLATTSBURGH (AP) – A convicted killer already serving life behind bars was ordered today to pay restitution and sentenced to additional prison time for his daring escape last year from a ...