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Authorities: 2 teens escaped from Madison detention center

By The Associated Press
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 02:23:38 pm CDT
MADISON — Authorities in Madison County are looking for two teens who escaped from a detention facility there.

A third teen — a 14-year-old from the Columbus area — was apprehended immediately after Thursday night’s escape from the Northeast Nebraska Juvenile Detention Center.

Sheriff Vern Hjorth says the teens damaged a door in a nonsecure area of the center and escaped.

A Madison resident reported his truck stolen early Friday morning, and it is believed that the teens took the vehicle and abandoned it after a pursuit near Walthill.