Sweat "acted like he knew [Mitchell] for years," former inmate says. — -- As both a prison employee and a corrections officer face charges for allegedly helping convicted murderers Richard Matt ...

ALBANY The surviving inmate who escaped from a maximum-security prison in northern New York was arraigned Thursday on criminal charges related to his escape, despite already serving a life sentence.

(NEW YORK) — The convict who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York, triggering a massive manhunt, appeared in court Thursday for the first time since his capture. David Sweat had ...

MALONE – Acting Franklin County District Attorney Glenn MacNeill will review the use of deadly force in the shootings of escaped inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat. “We’ll be investigating and ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A prison guard has been arrested for his interactions with two convicted killers who escaped from a maximum-security prison, but his charges are not related to their escape, or to ...

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. - David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was rushed to a local hospital on Sunday after being shot by police near the Canadian ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Prison guard Gene Palmer said he didn't realize that favors he did for inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat "made their escape easier," according to court documents released ...

If not for some gunfire, and his urge to cough, escaped murderer Richard Matt —who was shot dead Friday — might still be free. With prison-break partner David Sweat, also a convicted murderer, still ...

ALBANY – David Sweat, the prison escapee who led police on a weeks' long search through the Adirondacks two years ago, has been transferred to Attica prison. The transfer of Sweat from a maximum ...

A judge vacated the convictions of two men accused of killing Deborah Meindl in her Tonawanda, N.Y., home. On Friday, the district attorney began trying to convict them once more. By Jesse McKinley ...

David Sweat spent six months planning his escape from a New York prison, roaming around inside the prison's walls and underground tunnels scouting an escape route, he told investigators following his ...