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Tag: Prison Breaks
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Why It Was Legal for New York Trooper to Shoot Fleeing, Unarmed Escapee
State and federal law allows the use of deadly force to prevent an escape if the officer believes the suspect poses a significant threat. Law enforcement experts say this shooting was clear-cut.
June 30, 2015
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Heads Rolling Over New York Prison Break
The New York State Department of Corrections is replacing 12 prison employees, including the prison’s superintendent Steven Racette and deputy superintendent Stephen Brown. Racette was seen in a photo with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 6, when the daring prison break was discovered.
June 30, 2015
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How the New York Prison Escapee Manhunt Came to a Successful End
A three-week manhunt for two escaped prisoners, called a "nightmare" by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came to a violent end this weekend when one inmate was shot and killed Friday and another was shot and apprehended Sunday. More Here.
June 29, 2015
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Video: How the New York Prison Escapee Manhunt Came to a Successful End
A three-week manhunt for two escaped prisoners, called a "nightmare" by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came to a violent end this weekend when one inmate was shot and killed Friday and another was shot and apprehended Sunday.
June 29, 2015
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Escaped Cop Killer Sweat Shot and Captured in New York
Police have captured convicted murderer David Sweat, who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York more than three weeks ago.
June 28, 2015
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New York Prison Escapee Matt Killed, Police Pursuing Cop Killer Sweat
Richard Matt, one of two escaped murderers from an upstate New York prison, has been shot and killed by police.Officers involved in a nearly three-week manhunt are pursuing fugitive cop killer David Sweat, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN this afternoon.
June 26, 2015
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Prison Worker May Have Aided New York Cop Killer's Escape, 2 Murderers Still at Large
The escapees are David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48. Sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering Broome County (N.Y.) Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Tarsia who happened upon Sweat and others after they had robbed a firearms store. Matt was imprisoned for the kidnapping, murder and dismemberment of a man who had fired him from his job at a food warehouse.
June 8, 2015
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Escaped Inmate Shoots Iowa Deputy, Manhunt Continues
An inmate who escaped from an Iowa prison's minimum-security lodge Friday shot a Taylor County Sheriff's deputy two days later and remains the target of a law enforcement manhunt.
August 18, 2013
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Cons Rappelled, Took Cab In Jail Escape
Convicted bank robbers Kenneth Conley and Joseph Banks apparently broke their cell window, then rappelled down about 20 stories using a makeshift rope made of bed sheets. They then changed clothes and caught a cab out of downtown.
December 19, 2012
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N.C. Murderer Escapes from Minimum Security Prison
A helicopter flew over rural Tillery, N.C., Sunday night searching for the convicted murderer, who was given three consecutive life sentences in 1981. Bloodhounds also assisted in the ground search.
September 23, 2012
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St. Louis Police Recapture Jail Escapee Who Made Own Nunchucks
Pollard had escaped Friday after fighting off more than a dozen correctional officers with nunchucks.
September 18, 2011
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Fourth New Mexico Jail Escapee Captured, Four Still at Large
Victor Sotelo, the fourth escapee to be captured from Sunday's jailbreak in Clovis, N.M., was apprehended late Thursday night in Albuquerque. "We're four down, four to go," Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller said Friday morning. "We're optimistic."
August 28, 2008
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