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Are the two convicts who escaped fro the prison in New York now in Pennsylvania?

New York State Police say that Clinton Correctional听inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt were seen a week ago in Steuben County, N.Y., which is 300 miles southwest of the prison. And two men fitting their description were seen听on foot near a rail yard in Erwin, N.Y., on June 13, and then seen the next day walking along along County Route 115听in Lindley, N.Y., heading toward the Pennsylvania border, 听post late Friday.

Earlier this week, State Police investigators were in both communities conducting interviews in an effort to verify the sightings.听The investigators have also obtained surveillance camera video of the two men,听which was inconclusive. The video is now being sent to Albany听for further analysis to determine if the lead is credible.
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While this is an unconfirmed sighting, the State Police is asking听residents who live in this area along the New York-Pennsylvania border听to be on alert. If these men are spotted, please call 911 immediately.听Do not approach, as both are considered to be very dangerous.

New York State is offering a reward of $50,000 for听information that leads to the capture of either suspect ($100,000 for听both). The U.S. Marshals Service has placed Sweat and听Matt on their 15听Most Wanted Fugitives List, and is also offering a $25,000 reward for听information that leads to the capture of either suspect.

Police spokesman Beau Duffy that the听sightings were not reported to New York State Police until Tuesday. State police sent investigators at that time to the areas to conduct interviews, according to Duffy.

The two men escaped on June 6 by cutting through a steel wall and crawling through a steam pipe to a manhole on the street outside the prison. The manhunt has shifted from Canada, to Vermont, and even as far away as Mexico.

"We don't know if they're still in the area or if they are in Mexico by now,鈥� New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference on June 14. 鈥淓nough time has transpired, but we're following up every lead the best we can."

海角大神 reported that听prison tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell has been charged with providing the two escapees with hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit.

The power tools Matt and Sweat used to cut holes in their cell walls and a steam pipe apparently were provided by another accomplice or stolen from contractors working at the prison.

Officials say the plan was for Mrs. Mitchell to meet the men outside the prison walls and then drive them to a location several hours away, but she had a change of heart.

Since her arrest last week, Mrs. Mitchell, whose husband also works at the prison in Dannemora, N.Y., has been transferred to the Rensselaer County Correctional Facility about 150 miles away, officials said, in order to avoid the distraction of having her in the vicinity of the manhunt for Matt and Sweat.