9 Teens Who Escaped From Detention Center in Pennsylvania Are in Custody: Police

Flags flutter in the wind near an entrance to the Abraxas Academy in Morgantown, Pa., on Sept. 18 2023. Bill Uhrich/Reading Eagle via AP

MORGANTOWN, Pa—Nine teenagers who escaped from a detention center in Pennsylvania after overpowering staff and crawling under a fence were captured less than 12 hours later, state police said Monday.

“It probably was planned, but poorly planned,” said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper David Beohm.