BELLMONT, N.Y. - A correction officer at an upstate New York maximum-security prison has become the second worker there arrested in connection with the escapes of two inmates.
State police say Gene Palmer faces charges including promoting prison contraband and tampering with physical evidence. He was to be arraigned Wednesday night in Plattsburgh. A call to his attorney seeking comment wasn't answered.
Inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt were reported missing from the Clinton County Correctional Facility in Dannemora on June 6.
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