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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee officials say law enforcement responded to a report of an attempted escape from Wilder Youth Center Saturday evening. According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, the Tennessee Highway Patrol contacted them about a disturbance at the center just after 5 p.m. Two teens inside the center had reportedly broken down their […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 17-year-old escapee from a juvenile detention center in Fayette County, Tennessee was captured without incident in Chattanooga, the U.S. Marshals said Tuesday. He was one of three juveniles who escaped June 23 from the Wilder Youth Development Center in Somerville. Another juvenile was captured June 24. The third juvenile is still at […]

A search is underway for three detainees who escaped from a Fayette County youth detention facility.

Authorities in Fayette County are searching for five juvenile detainees who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center.

The last of the youth detainees who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center has been located.

UPDATE: A fourth of the five youth detainees who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center has been apprehended, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s office. Law enforcement in Christian County, Kentucky located the fourth escapee. FCSO said only one escapee remains at large. The one escapee that is still at large is from the […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Business Academy’s football players were ready to play their hearts out in the high school jamboree Friday night, but it did not happen. Chaos erupted at Crump Stadium just before the 33 MBA players hit the field. “It was devastating because we worked hard this summer to get to where we […]

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. — Five young people who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center in Fayette County remain on the run Monday. They were reported missing Saturday morning, and while their names are not being released, these young escapees have records of very violent crimes. Bridget Brown lives about a quarter mile from the […]

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. — Two of the five youth detainees who escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center in Somerville on earlier this month have been apprehended, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said Monday afternoon. The sheriff’s office said the youths were apprehended in Memphis as part of a cooperative effort between them and area […]

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. — The Fayette County Sheriff’s office announced investigators have charged three family members who were responsible for harboring the three escapees that have been apprehended so far. Three relatives of the escapees are under arrest charged with harboring fugitives. Laletha Irving is an aunt of one of them. Sharga Jeffries and Aisha […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Five teens have reportedly escaped from the Wilder Youth Development Center in Somerville, Tennessee. According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, the teens escaped from the center sometime between 10:30 p.m. Friday night and 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The sheriff’s office says the teens left in an “unknown travel of direction and […]