New escape to Pennsylvania. Nine minors escaped Sunday evening after a riot at their detention center, Abraxas Academy, around 8 p.m. local time, police said. “The fleeing minors are in principle dressed in gray pants or shorts and a gray shirt,” writes David Beohm, member of the state police, on the social network X, launching a call for testimonies. According to him, a search perimeter was established around the juvenile detention center located in Morgantown, in southern Pennsylvania.
“There was a riot at Abraxas Academy this evening,” the Caernarvon Township Police Department explained in another statement Sunday evening. The authorities on site “have regained control of the juvenile detention center. »
Offenders aged 14 to 18
This center serves young male offenders ages 14 to 18 in a specialized residential treatment program, according to its website. It is located 15 miles west of the rural town where fugitive murderer Danelo Cavalcante, a 34-year-old Brazilian sentenced to life in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend, was arrested Wednesday after two weeks of intense manhunt.
His escape, revealed by a video from a Chester County jail camera released by authorities, was as spectacular as it was embarrassing for prison, police and judicial authorities. The prisoner could be seen hiding in a recess in the courtyard, then climbing nimbly, spider-man style, his body horizontally between two walls, and disappearing on the roof.