Nine juveniles who escaped from a detention center in Pennsylvania have been caught after twelve hours of manhunt.
The police reported that they overpowered staff, crawled under the wired fence, and ran off.
All will be charged with escape and some may face other charges.
“It probably was planned, but poorly planned,” said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper David Beohm.
Mr. Beohm said the first four were taken into custody shortly before 6 a.m. after they went to a residence and knocked on the door. They turned themselves in because they were cold and tired.
Mr. Beohm said the escape happened after the teen boys, all between the ages of 15 and 17, wrested the keys away from two staff members.
According to him, they got out of the building and went to the recreation yard, where they found a spot to crawl under the fence. They were captured about four miles from the detention center.
Abraxas Academy is a secure residential treatment program providing “specialized care for delinquent male youth between the ages of 14 to 18 in 9th grade or above,” according to the facility’s website.
