Escaped convicts on loose
State corrections officials are seeking the public?s help in tracking down two Hudson County convicts who escaped from a Newark halfway house this week, officials told The Jersey Journal this morning.

Famar McGoy, 27, of Lexington Avenue in Jersey City, was last seen at the Kintock halfway house in Newark on Tuesday, and Jermaine Mitchell, 26, of Stegman Street in Jersey City, was last seen there Monday, state corrections officials said.

McGoy was in custody from March 22, 2002, to Jan. 9, 2003, and March 11, 2005, to Tuesday on three convictions for drug distribution and one for theft, officials said.

Mitchell was in custody from Sept. 15, 2005, to Monday on a convictions for dealing drugs, officials said.

If charged with the escape, the men may find themselves spending an extra five years behind bars, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.

Anyone with information on either fugitive?s whereabouts is asked to call the State Department of Corrections Special Investigation Unit -- Fugitive Unit at 1-800-523-3829.