A youngster that had e3scaped form an out-of-county juvenile detention center led local deputies on a foot chase that lasted quite a while. Deputies were called to an address on Dehart Church Road Friday afternoon after a tip that the boy was there. As the first deputy pulled up, the teen ran into the woods.



Two other deputies arrived, and the three began pursuing the boy through the woods, eventually enlisting the help of Wildlife officers in the search, which lasted more than an hour and a half. Once they closed in on him, the boy would not remove his hands from his pockets. It turns out he was concealing a pair of scissors, which he threw onto the ground when he finally gave up. He was detained for Alexander county authorities, who picked him up later in the day.

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