Michael Burham is set to plead guilty in Warren County today.

Burham is included on the pleas list for Thursday afternoon and District Attorney Rob Greene confirmed that a plea is expected at that time.

He currently faces a total of 35 charges over two dockets – including 17 felonies – ranging from kidnapping to burglary to escape. A total of 33 charges stem from his alleged kidnapping of a Sheffield couple in May. He had been on the run for over a week in the wake of a Jamestown police investigation into a homicide.

Burham allegedly staked out this couple’s residence before taking them – and their car – to Charleston, S.C. He was subsequently apprehended there and brought back to the Warren County Jail to face the kidnapping charges. That’s when he escaped from the county jail for nearly 10 days, precipitating a manhunt that brought national and international attention to Warren County.

Burham is very unlikely to receive the maximum possible sentence at each charge but the cumulative total maximum sentence amounts to 261 years and nine months of incarceration and fines totaling $448,400.

And while Burham has been connected to that homicide in Chautauqua County, New York, no charges have been announced by the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s office as of Wednesday.

A Warren man charged with helping Burham escape from the county jail waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

George A. Flasher, 21, was charged by City Police late last month with facilitating escape and conspiracy to facilitate an escape.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by City of Warren police, Flasher estimated the height of the building and the number of bed sheets that would be needed to make the rope that Burham used to escape from the jail.

“The bed sheets are six feet long so Flasher stated, at a minimum, Burham would need nine sheets,” the affidavit alleges, “but 10 to 12 sheets would be ideal for extra length and strength of the rope. Flasher admitted to providing Burham with two bed sheets. Additionally, Flasher admitted to knowing where Burham kept the ripped sheets in the Warren County Prison.”

Police alleged he made a stunning claim: “Flasher stated that every inmate knew about the deficiency in the roof of the yard where Burham ultimately escaped.”

Flasher’s next court date is now set for Dec. 7 before Judge Gregory Hammond.

He remains behind bars on $250,000 bail while Burham remains housed at the Erie County Prison after bail was refused in the wake of his capture.