Sheriff: New York prison employee to be arraigned

Source: CNN

Joyce Mitchell, the upstate New York prison seamstress who officials said may have helped a pair of convicted murderers escape, will be arraigned on unknown charges Friday evening and processed at the Clinton County Jail in Plattsburgh, Sheriff David Favro told CNN.

Earlier, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said Mitchell "provided some form of equipment or tools" to fugitive felons Richard Matt and David Sweat.

(Previous story, posted at 3:45 p.m. ET)

A married couple employed at an upstate New York maximum-security prison may have aided a pair of convicted murderers before their brazen escape, authorities said Friday.

Prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell gave hacksaw blades, drill bits and lighted eyeglasses to fugitive felons Richard Matt and David Sweat before their breakout nearly one week ago, sources said.

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