A man who escaped a Pennsylvania county jail last year using tied-up bedsheets has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison after convictions on charges relating to the escape and a kidnapping, the state attorney general announced on Friday. Before his escape, Burham was jailed on charges related to allegations he kidnapped an older couple in Pennsylvania and drove them to South Carolina while trying to evade a separate investigation in New York, authorities said. In the kidnapping case, a judge has ordered a sentence of 21 years and eight months to 43 years and four months, Henry’s office said Friday. The two sentences, taken together, mean Burham has been ordered to serve from 25 years and two months to 50 years and four months in prison, Henry’s office said. “The defendant used all possible means to escape the consequences of his actions,” Henry said in a release.

Source: CNN January 06, 2024 11:57 UTC