--- description: Reward of $50,000 set for information leading to their arrest title: Escaped New York Convicts Added to 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd854c61578b82ebd/698855753c16398f36458783/gettyimages-476927748.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Escaped New York Convicts Added to 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 10:10 PM CUT  Pictures of escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat are displayed at a press conference in Saranac, New York June 12, 2015. Pictures of escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat are displayed at a press conference in Saranac, New York June 12, 2015.Eric Thayer—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 10:10 PM CUT The U.S. Marshals Service [added](http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most%5Fwanted/ "undefined") escaped convicts David Sweat and Richard Matt to its list of 15 most wanted fugitives this week, offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who has information that might lead to their arrest. Sweat and Matt escaped from from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., triggering a sweeping manhunt across the area. “There is no question David Sweat and Richard Matt fall into this category,” U.S. Marshals Service Director Stacia Hylton said in a public [statement](http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most%5Fwanted/matt-sweat/matt-sweat.htm "undefined"). “While their brazen prison escape has left the public on edge, it has only ignited our sheer determination to bring them back to justice.” Sweat was sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 killing of a sheriff’s deputy, while Matt was serving a 25-year term for lethally beating and dismembering a man in 1997. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3929089/new-york-escaped-convicts-most-wanted/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3929089/new-york-escaped-convicts-most-wanted/"},"headline":"Escaped New York Convicts Added to 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List","datePublished":"2015-06-19T22:10:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:22:53.531Z","description":"Reward set at $25,000 per convict for information leading to their arrests","url":"https://time.com/3929089/new-york-escaped-convicts-most-wanted/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd854c61578b82ebd/698855753c16398f36458783/gettyimages-476927748.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd854c61578b82ebd/698855753c16398f36458783/gettyimages-476927748.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Manhunt Continues For Two Prisoners That Broke Out Of New York State Prison","caption":"Manhunt Continues For Two Prisoners That Broke Out Of New York State Prison","creditText":"Eric Thayer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3929089/new-york-escaped-convicts-most-wanted/","name":"Escaped New York Convicts Added to 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List"}}]}] ```