Where is David Sweat Now? Why was David Sweat in Prison?
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Updated Nov 04, 2024
Where is David Sweat Now?
David sweat one of the characters in Escape at Dannemora serves a life sentence in state prison for escaping and promoting prison contraband.
During 2015 manhunt for her son, Pamela Sweat informed the Press & Sun-Bulletin that the family had lived in Binghamton for many years and that her son had attended Calvin Coolidge Elementary. However, the Binghamton, Susquehanna Valley, and Windsor school districts did not have his name listed in their records.
In 1997, when David Sweat was 17 years old, Broome County Judge Martin E. Smith sentenced him to two to four years in prison for felony attempted burglary, and he served 19 months. At the age of 22, Sweat, along with his cousin Jeffrey Nabinger Jr., committed a robbery at a fireworks and guns shop in Great Bend, Pennsylvania, during the early morning hours of July 4, 2002.
Why was David Sweat in Prison?
In 1997, when David Sweat was 17, he was sentenced by Broome County Judge Martin E. Smith to two to four years in prison for felony attempted burglary, serving 19 months. Prior to this, Sweat and a friend had devised a plan to steal computers and cash from a youth-group home in Binghamton, which involved tying up a woman and locking her in a storage room.
While incarcerated at Clinton Correctional Facility, Sweat met Richard Matt, who was serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the murder and dismemberment of his former boss. With the assistance of a prison worker named Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell, who smuggled in supplies, Sweat and Matt managed to escape from the maximum-security prison in early June 2015.
After their escape, the two men were on the run for three weeks in the Adirondacks. Eventually, Matt was shot and killed by law enforcement, and two days later, Sweat was captured after being shot near the Canadian border. He was returned to state prison, where he remains today.
Escape at Dannemora
Escape at Dannemora is an American crime drama limited series that premiered on Showtime on November 18, 2018. The series is inspired by the 2015 escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility. Created and written by Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin, and directed by Ben Stiller, the seven-episode series features a cast that includes Benicio del Toro, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano, Bonnie Hunt, Eric Lange, and David Morse.
