A former New York prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup has been sentenced to up to seven years behind bars.
A northern New York prison worker admitted Tuesday to smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two weeks on the run.
A New York district attorney says the woman charged with helping two murderers escape from a maximum-security prison had discussed with them a murder-for-hire plot involving her husband.
The case against a woman charged with helping two murderers escape from a maximum-security prison in far upstate New York is now headed to a county court.
A worker at an upstate New York maximum-security prison has been arrested on charges she helped two convicted killers escape. State police say Joyce Mitchell will be arraigned on charges of promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation.
A prosecutor says authorities are learning "more and more information each day" from a prison employee in northern New York, about the escape of two killers and her involvement with them.