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| N.Y. prison guard pleads not guilty on charges related to daring escape |
| By torontosun.com- Pete DeMola |
| Published: 11/05/2015 |
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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - A New York correctional officer accused of helping two convicts escape from a maximum security prison in June pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at his arraignment on a series of charges related to the daring break-out. Gene Palmer, 57, is accused of giving a screwdriver and pliers to two inmates who later escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, about 25 miles from the Canadian border in the Adirondack Mountains. In exchange, the veteran guard received paintings made by one of the inmates that he later burned in his backyard, prosecutors say. With the defendant waiving his right to a secret grand jury proceeding to consider charges against him, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said the state was ready to go to trial. Judge Kevin Ryan of the Clinton County Court scheduled a pretrial conference on Jan. 8. Read More. |
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