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Published Saturday, July 5, 2003
3 Teen Detention Escapees CaughtYouths
traveled about 5 miles from facility in 12 hours.
By Amy L. Edwards
The Ledger
amy.edwards@theledger.com
ALTURAS
-- The three teens who escaped from the Bartow Youth Training Center
on Thursday afternoon were caught about 12 hours later five miles
away, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported Friday.
Terry
Walker, 14, of Apopka, Gerald Rouse, 14, of Clearwater, and Anthony
Schwebel, 17, of Titusville, were caught about 12 a.m. Friday on
Snell and Alturas Babson Park Cutoff roads, said Michal Shanley,
spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office.
The teens had been on
the run since about 12:40 p.m. Thursday, when they climbed over a
fence and then ran into woods that surround the facility.
The
Sheriff's Office called off the search about 5 p.m. But a resident
called to report seeing the teens late Thursday, and the search
resumed.
Deputies used a helicopter and dogs to search
through the area's citrus groves.
All three teens were taken
to the Juvenile Assessment Center, where minors are taken when
arrested.
Shanley said Walker, Rouse and Schwebel each face a
felony escape charge.
The Bartow Youth Training Center is on
240 acres just east of Homeland on Homeland-Garfield
Road.
The residential, 50-bed facility houses high-risk and
serious habitual offender juveniles.
It was not known why or
for how long the teens were at the detention facility.
In
February, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice awarded a
contract to Ramsay Youth Services Inc. to operate the
center.
The three-year contract is expected to generate more
than $2 million in annual revenue, the company said.
Amy L.
Edwards can be reached at amy.edwards@theledger.com
or 863-802-7550.
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