48 year-old Richard Matt and 34 year-old David Sweat escaped from a maximum security state prison in Clinton Co., NY during the early morning of Saturday, June 6.
CLINTON COUNTY, NY – Authorities in Northern New York State have shut down a major highway as they continue to search for two convicted killers who escaped from a maximum-security prison six days ago.
Route 374 – which serves as a main coordior in the northern region of the state and is about five miles from where the prison escape took place – has been shut down and will likely remain closed through the morning.
Hundreds of officers this week have scoured neighboring woods, looking “behind every tree, under every rock and inside every structure” for fugitives Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34.
The pair made a brazen escape using power tools over the weekend from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, near the Canadian border.
The search for them has involved more than 400 law enforcement officers and a $100,000 reward.
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