{"id":104861,"date":"2024-03-22T12:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/teens-who-escaped-from-police-stole-officers-weapon-on-way-to-juvenile-detention-center-captured\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T12:09:07","slug":"teens-who-escaped-from-police-stole-officers-weapon-on-way-to-juvenile-detention-center-captured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/teens-who-escaped-from-police-stole-officers-weapon-on-way-to-juvenile-detention-center-captured\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens who escaped from police, stole officer&#8217;s weapon on way to juvenile detention center captured"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-03-22\/GETTYRF_72222_PoliceCarDay%20%288%29.jpg\" alt><figcaption>avid_creative\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(AUGUSTA, Ga.) &#8212; Two juveniles who escaped from police while being transported to a youth detention center in Augusta, Georgia, are back in custody after allegedly knocking out a deputy on Thursday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The two teenagers, a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old, were being transported to the Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center when authorities say they overpowered a Jenkins County Deputy and managed to escape into the woods early Thursday afternoon. According to ABC affiliate WJBF-TV, the teens had been in court.<\/p>\n<p>The two individuals were able to obtain the deputy&#8217;s .45-caliber handgun, Jenkins County Sheriff&#8217;s Office officials say, shooting three rounds in the officer&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>The officer was rendered unconscious due to the physical attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The deputy is safely recovering,&#8221; Sheriff Alfonzo Williams of the Burke County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Burke County Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputies worked with the Georgia State Patrol in the search for the teens.<\/p>\n<p>Both the teens were eventually found on the side of Knight Road and taken back into custody, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We extend our sincere gratitude to all participating law enforcement agencies and the community for their unwavering support and collaboration. Together, we prevailed in safeguarding our community,&#8221; Williams said, adding, &#8220;Today, the collective experience of law enforcement and our resources across the state brought about a successful resolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>avid_creative\/Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Ga.) &#8212; Two juveniles who escaped from police while being transported to a youth detention center in Augusta, Georgia, are back in custody after allegedly knocking out a deputy on Thursday, according to authorities. The two teenagers, a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old, were being transported to the<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/teens-who-escaped-from-police-stole-officers-weapon-on-way-to-juvenile-detention-center-captured\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}