this is a big win for johnson today. no question about it. markey s johnson says he was ecstatic when he found out the charges would be dropped. he said this has weighed heavily on him the past several months. now, this situation is over with. he just finished his third year at uva. 20 years old, walking into the courthouse this morning just after 9:15, alongside his attorney. this hearing lasted only about a minute or two. dave chapman told the judge what he announced last night in a press release that he wanted to drop the charges against johnson and use the situation as an opportunity to improve relations between citizens and law enforcement. it was early in the morning of march 18 that officers were seen throwing johnson to the ground, his head bleeding. in the end, johnson s grad to have desk glad to have gone through theience as it will motivate him moving forward. for the rest of my life, i hope to work to serve minority communities and also society in shedding l
door-to-door through 500 homes in northern new york marking each home after it s searched. we are also told by law enforcement sources that motion sensors and surveillance cameras have been set up in the wads inside a search perimetre. and police have to you interviewed the husband of a prison worker who was arrested on friday. anna western certificate in west plattsburgh, new york. law enforcement officers continued their search for escapees richard matt and david sweat on foot and in the sky in a wadded area just a few miles west of the prison in dannemora. but the convicts, plan may have been to go far away from here. clinton county district attorney andrew wylie says the prison employee who allegedly helped them escape joyce mitchell, told investigators she was supposed to pick the two up at the power plant near the prison in her four-wheel drive jeep then drav themselve enhours away to a place they did mott name. new york governor andrew cuomo admitted today the two mu
for two convicted killers on the run. officers are to you going door-to-door through 500 homes in northern new york marking each home after it s searched. we are also told by law enforcement sources that motion sensors and surveillance cameras have been set up in the wads inside a search perimetre. and police have to you interviewed the husband of a prison worker who was arrested on friday. anna western certificate in west plattsburgh, new york. law enforcement officers continued their search for escapees richard matt and david sweat on foot and in the sky in a wadded area just a few miles west of the prison in dannemora. but the convicts, plan may have been to go far away from here. clinton county district attorney andrew wylie says the prison employee who allegedly helped them escape joyce mitchell, told investigators she was supposed to pick the two up at the power plant near the prison in her four-wheel drive jeep then drav themselve enhours away to a place they did mot
closed. residents are being told to watch out. i m nervous but i know that there s enough people around that they ll keep us safe. they re just butchers. i hope they catch them soon and they put them in body bags. these two men are ruthless nasty killers. just look at their records. they will do anything to achieve their freedom because they re both in for a long time and they ve got a history of doing horrid things to people. bottom line is they could be anywhere. that was vermont s governor. his state has stepped patrols up as well on lakes as well as on remote campsites. i want to go live to upstate new york for more on this search. we have cnn national correspondent jason carroll there in west plattsburg. jason, give us the latest from where you stand. do they think these two escapes inmates are still together or might they have branched off and gone separate ways? the latest information that we re having brianna, is that the belief is that the two are still tog
prison. police also found a footprint and multiple food wrappers. this is a significant lead but it s certainly not the only one because investigators are also actively searching in neighboring vermont and well away in fill it fill. that s where a cab driver claims that he picked up the fujgitives it this morning and took them to a train station before he called police. in the meantime authorities say they re holding off on a decision on whether to charge a prison worker with being an accomplice in the escape. officials believe joyce mitchell planned to be the getaway driver, but she got cold feet. and they say she s cooperating and providing critical information to investigators. we re covering all of the angles of this breaking news. our jason careroll and our polo sandoval are on the ground. cnn national correspondent deb feyerick is in our new york studio. i want to begin with jason. talk to us about the new evidence found near the prison, jason. what s the latest on this