Officials say they are searching an area of Allegany County in upstate New York for convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt after they had a “confirmed sighting” called in.
The call was from the area of two adjacent towns, Friendship and Amity, a spokesman for the New York State Police said Saturday, two weeks after the men executed a brazen prison break. A heavy police presence has descended on the area but authorities said they did not have the escapees cornered.
On Friday night, police said, witnesses spotted two men on June 13 walking near a rail yard in…
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