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Police descend on town in search for escapees
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WILLSBORO, N.Y. — With
police helicopters hovering overhead,
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Law enforcement officers search for escaped prisoners near Essex, N.Y.,
Tuesday. State and federal law officers searching for two killers who
used power tools to break out of a maximum-security prison poured into
a small town 30 miles away after getting a report of a possible sighting.
was speculation that the inmates had
arranged for someone to pick them up
outside the prison and were long gone
from the area.
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convicts. Around 7 a.m., Sayward said,
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who was recorded on video
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pool party resigned from the
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Rosalyn Harrison speaks during a protest Monday, in
response to an incident at a community pool involv-
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spread protests and violence.
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