FRIENDSHIP, N.Y.– 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.
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State police spokesman Beau Duffy says Saturday that officers are investigating a possible sighting of the prisoners near the Allegany County hamlet of Friendship, near the Pennsylvania border. He gave no other details.
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David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped June 6 from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, near the Canadian border.
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Authorities said in a news release Friday that two men fitting the description of Sweat and Matt had been seen a week ago in Steuben County. Allegany County is west of Steuben County.
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A prison worker has been charged in the escape and a corrections officer has been placed on administrative leave.
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