--- description: A hunting cabin had reportedly been broken into title: Police Descend on Upstate New York After Report of Prisoner Sighting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55c2080b4c7bffd4/6988559f35ba6fe20ec0ddaa/police-escape.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 # Police Descend on Upstate New York After Report of Prisoner Sighting by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 22, 2015 10:51 AM CUT  Corrections officers stop a vehicle as the search for two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora continues, in Owls Head, N.Y., June 22, 2015 Corrections officers stop a vehicle as the search for two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora continues, in Owls Head, N.Y., June 22, 2015Mike Groll — AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 22, 2015 10:51 AM CUT Police [hunting two convicted murderers](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape "undefined") swarmed a corner of upstate New York late Sunday after another possible sighting — this time linked to a break-in at a hunting cabin. Investigators and military trucks converged on the communities of Mountain View and Owls Head after the owner of the cabin saw a single individual fleeing the scene. The sighting, which occurred early Saturday, is being probed by state police, Franklin County Acting District Attorney Glenn McNeil told NBC News. The hunting cabin is deep in the woods and not near a road, he said. Witnesses [told NBC station WPTZ](http://www.wptz.com/news/witnesses-report-surge-of-police-activity-in-owls-head-new-york-area/33702386?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter&utm%5Fcampaign=wptz "undefined") that helicopters have… [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/new-york-prison-escape-cops-swarm-town-after-remote-cabin-n379511?cid=par-time-article%5F20150622 "undefined") ### See the Path 2 Killers Took to Escape From a Maximum Security Prison  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the Clinton Correctional Facility, where two inmates escaped on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  A man-made hole in the wall of the escaped inmates' cell at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  The industrial area where inmates escaped to from a hole in their cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Governor Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Governor Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo surveys the manhole where two prisoners resurfaced after escaping from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. 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