Report: 13 teens escape youth detention center in Tennessee, all but 1 recaptured within hours
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Authorities say 13 teenagers escaped overnight from a youth detention center in Nashville but all but one were recaptured within hours.
WSMV-TV in Nashville ( http://bit.ly/1sBWtck ) said three teens overpowered a guard late Friday, taking his keys to open a door and let the others out of the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center.
The reported quoted a Tennessee Department of Children's Services statement as saying police locatd all but one 16-year-old within hours and that the 12 back in custody were taken to a juvenile court detention center. The breach was the third major disturbance reported in recent weeks at the center.
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Children's Services officials and police didn't immediately answer Associated Press calls for details Saturday.
The Tennessean newspaper said 52 other teens at Woodland Hills remained securely held.