Kidnapping and escape from a Pennsylvania jail carries a sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison
The state attorney general stated on Friday that a man who used tied-up bedsheets to escape from a Pennsylvania county jail last year has been found guilty of crimes related to both the escape and abduction and has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison.
Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that Michael Burham, who entered a guilty plea to all counts in November of last year, was sentenced to three and a half to seven years in prison solely for his July escape from the Warren County Prison in northwest Pennsylvania.
On July 6, Burham, who was being held at the jail in part due to accusations of kidnapping, reportedly climbed on exercise equipment to get to a roof and slid down a rope made of sheets to escape. Following his escape, Burham—whom the authorities said to possess ...