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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 […]

SOMERVILLE, Tenn. – The five juveniles who escaped the Wilder Youth Development Center may have stolen a man’s car the morning of their escape, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.   The owner of the vehicle tells WREG he had lent it to a friend to get to his overnight shift at Memphis Contract Packaging on […]

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. — Security camera video appears to show five juveniles, possibly the escapees from the Wilder Youth Development Center in Fayette County. A multi-agency search has been underway since they were reported missing Saturday morning. But information from the state about the juveniles has been very limited. The owner of the business, who […]

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 […]

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 […]

The 11 18-year-olds involved in a disturbance at a youth development facility in Somerville have been identified, and they’re all facing multiple charges.

Law enforcement called for disturbance at youth facility in Somerville

Wilderness training may have played a role in the survival of two sisters, ages 5 and 8, who were found safe Sunday after spending 44 hours in California woods, police say.

A 16-year-old student at Wilder Youth Development Center escaped during a medical appointment at a physical therapy facility in Oakland, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services said Monday.

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said Jason Scott Calder faces charges of rape, forcible sodomy and forcible sexual abuse.