DANNEMORA, N.Y.; Two inmates from Clinton Correctional Facility in New York, managed to escape by using power tools and decoys to go underground the prison. Still at large and dangerous, police say that they are untraceable even by mobile phones, credit cards, etc.
The said criminals whose names are David Sweat, and Richard W. Matt, were both serving long sentences for committed murder. Matt was convicted and sentenced for 25 years to life, for the kidnapping and death of a man in 1997, while Sweat and an unknown accomplice killed a deputy Sheriff in 2002 by shooting him more than a dozen times and was sentenced to life imprisonment without chance of parole.
Officials say that the escaped criminals cut through the steel wall at the back of their cell and crawled underground and broke down a brick wall and cut through a steam pipe and unlocked the lock and chains of a manhole cover loacated just outside the prison.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of the state of New York is now offering a $100,000 reward for any valid information leading to the whereabouts of the two convicts."It is appropriate for the situation" said Gov. Cuomo.
Police are still investigating on how the two convicts were able to obtain the power tools they used for their escape. Police have already set up roadblocks, helicopters, hundreds of law officers and even bloodhounds to capture the escaped convicts.
"These are killers. They are murderers," the governor said. "There's never been a question about the crimes they committed. They are now on the loose, and our first order of business is apprehending them."
Clinton Correctional Facility, also know as "Little Siberia" houses almost 3,000 inmates, and is guarded by over 1,000 correction officers. The escapees are rumored to have crossed into Canadian territory or are headed out of the country.
