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The
jail worker accused of helping two convicted murders escape an upstate
New York prison a week ago has been moved to a lockup in another county.
Rensselaer
County Jail officials say Joyce Mitchell was transported there and
arrived at 10 a.m. Saturday. Clinton County Sheriff David Favro
requested the move.
Prosecutors say the prison
tailor shop instructor befriended the men and gave them hacksaw blades,
chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit.
Mitchell is also suspected of agreeing to be a getaway driver but didn't show up, leaving the men on foot early on June 6.
Hundreds of law enforcement officials are searching the area around the prison for inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt.
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10:15 a.m. (EDT)
A
contingent of about 40 police officers entered a heavily wooded area
and went door-to-door along a narrow road about 3 miles from the prison
where two killers used power tools to cut their way out to freedom a
week ago.
After a night of heavy rain,
authorities resumed searching the area near the upstate New York prison
under blue skies on Saturday. Another group of heavily armed 10
policemen wearing bulletproof vests entered an area adjacent to the
Saranac River accompanied by a German shepherd.
State
police said there were no new leads and that the search would continue
to target a triangular area of heavy woods southeast of the prison
walls.
Late Friday, authorities also searched the manhole where the escapees broke free outside the prison walls.
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6:10 a.m. (EDT)
Hundreds
of law enforcement personnel have begun an eighth day searching for two
killers who used power tools to cut their way out of a prison in far
upstate New York.
The searched continued
Saturday the morning after a prison worker pleaded not guilty in
Plattsburgh to giving contraband to inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt
at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.
Prosecutors
say prison tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell befriended the men and
gave them hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit.
Mitchell is also suspected of agreeing to be a getaway driver but didn't show up, leaving the men on foot early on June 6.
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1:36 a.m. (EDT)
A
northern New York prison worker accused of helping two killers escape
last weekend gave the men hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a
screwdriver bit, according to criminal complaints.
Prison
tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell is accused of befriending inmates
David Sweat and Richard Matt at the Clinton Correctional Facility in
Dannemora and giving them contraband.
Mitchell's
hands were cuffed in front of her and she stared straight ahead while
she was arraigned Friday night in Plattsburgh on charges of felony
promoting prison contraband and misdemeanor criminal facilitation. She
was ordered jailed on $100,000 cash bail.
Mitchell's family has said she would not have helped the convicts break out. She pleaded not guilty.
Mitchell has another court appearance scheduled for Monday.
Police say they won't stop looking for the escaped inmates.
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