Two Convicted Murderers Escape New York Prison

New York governor Andrew Cuomo cancelled an appearance at the Belmont Stakes horse race on Saturday, after two convicted murderers escaped from a maximum-security prison near the Canadian border in upstate New York. New York State police warned that the two escapees, 48-year-old Richard Matt and 34-year-old David Sweat are dangerous and should not be approached. Police said that the two men were unaccounted for during morning bed check and WIRY-AM reported that roadblocks were set up in the area. Sweat is serving a sentence of life without parole after he was convicted of first-degree murder for killing a Broome County sheriff’s deputy in 2002. Matt is serving a sentence of 25 years to life for kidnapping a man and beating him to death in 1997.