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Two convicted murderers escape from NY max-security prison; leave 'have a nice day' note
http://www.nydailynews.com ^ | June 6, 2015 | Denis Slattery

Posted on 06/07/2015 6:09:03 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

In a sensational “Shawshank Redemption”-style prison break, a pair of cunning convicted murderers used power tools and tunnels to escape an upstate maximum-security penitentiary near the Canadian border.

A massive manhunt was underway Saturday after killers Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, were discovered missing from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, about 25 miles from Canada, officials said.

The inmates made their extraordinary dash to freedom after faking out guards with makeshift dummies made out of hooded sweatshirts to appear as if they were still sleeping inside their cells. And once officials discovered they were gone, they found a note from convicts telling them to "Have a nice day!"

“It was an elaborate plot,” Gov. Cuomo said after joining law enforcement authorities inside the prison, retracing the prisoners’ route.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: davidsweat; newyork; richardmatt
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To: NKP_Vet

How does someone keister a hammer drill?


21 posted on 06/07/2015 7:15:07 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Kakaze

Female? You have some old fashioned thoughts.


22 posted on 06/07/2015 7:15:32 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Where there is life, there is hope. - Terri Schiavo ~ Þ)
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To: NKP_Vet

Apparently the drills they used were stolen from outside contractors working at the prison. All of the prison tools used by staff or prisoners are accounted for ...


23 posted on 06/07/2015 7:21:58 AM PDT by BluH2o
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To: NKP_Vet
Clinton Correctional Facility

I hope they have 'Reserved' cells for Bubba nd Madam Benghazi.

24 posted on 06/07/2015 7:22:42 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (0bama may not be THE antiCHRIST, but he's definitely ANTI - CHRIST!)
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To: NKP_Vet; Raycpa

“Clinton Correctional”.

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Oxymoron to be sure as ‘they’ definitely won’t be ‘correcting’ anything.

Clintons remind me of old James Cagney type

“You aint’ gonna take me Copper”


25 posted on 06/07/2015 7:25:36 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)'History will be kind to me for I intend to write it...W. Churchill')
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To: reg45
Probably named for DeWitt Clinton, not half-wit Clinton.

Probably indirectly named after DeWitt Clinton.

The prison is in Clinton County. Clinton County was named after DeWitt Clinton.

The prison was likely named after its location, Clinton County.

26 posted on 06/07/2015 7:28:50 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: greene66

I had a similar experience years ago. Several inmates escaped from the prison across the river from my rural home. I was checking my property carrying a riot gun when a search helicopter flew over. They spotted me and came down for a closer look. I waved and smiled, they gave me a thumbs up, and resumed their search.


27 posted on 06/07/2015 7:43:21 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: NKP_Vet

“How are things in Dannemora?”


28 posted on 06/07/2015 8:45:28 AM PDT by Oratam
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To: greene66

There was a riot at the prison in Jefferson City Missouri back in the 50s. Armed townspeople surrounded the prison walls in case inmates tried to escape.


29 posted on 06/07/2015 8:52:43 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: NKP_Vet

Keep wondering how the escapees were able to use power tools on metal and concrete without getting the attention of everyone within a quarter mile.


30 posted on 06/07/2015 9:04:21 AM PDT by Will88
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To: reg45

Lots of places/things in NYS are named after DeWitt Clinton. For a generation, kids were named after him. My dad went to DeWitt Clinton HS in NYC @ 100 years ago.


31 posted on 06/07/2015 9:06:37 AM PDT by EDINVA
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