WTXF Main: Prison Escape Prompts Smuggling Probe: "city grand jury tries to find out how an accused killer escaped from a city prison.
Oscar Alvarado walked away from the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Thanksgiving Day, touching off a nationwide manhunt.
Fox 29's Dave Schratwieser reported that sources say the grand jury is trying to determine if Alvarado had inside help.
Sources say the grand jury investigating the escape met Thursday and has been meeting for weeks now.
Fox 29 News has also learned that a corrections officer has been fired and 10 others suspended for 20 to 30 days in connection with the escape. And the grand jury is also delving into possible corruption in the prison.
The investigation started when Alvarado managed to walk right out of the Curran-Fromhold prison and make his escape undetected. He was on the run for more than two weeks and considered armed and dangerous before he was captured at a local motel. He had been hiding out in New York. Alvarado's sister and two others were also arrested for aiding in his escape from the law.
No one would comment on the specifics of grand jury investigation Thursday, but here's what Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Everitt Gillison had to say.
'We want to get to the bottom of it. We are working with various investigations to find out how that happened, and whenever we are able to definitively have an answer we will take an action,' Gillison said.
Prison officials immediately transferred eight corrections officers after the escape."
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