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  • Meet Jay Cook, the Hero Sergeant Who Caught Escaped Prisoner David Sweat

    06/28/2015 8:25:54 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    abcnews.go.com ^ | Jun 28, 2015, | EMILY SHAPIRO
    A veteran New York State Police sergeant was alone and on a routine patrol when he shot and captured convicted murderer David Sweat Sunday afternoon. At about 3:20 p.m., State Police Sgt. Jay Cook was supervising a perimeter post when he spotted Sweat on a road near Route 30 in the area of Constable, New York, approximately 1.5 miles south of the Canadian border. Authorities believe Sweat was trying to make a final break toward the border, officials said. Cook ordered him to stop, but Sweat then turned and fled across a field, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico...