SMITH COUNTY, Texas — The Smith County Sheriff's Office says two teens who escaped from the Smith County Juvenile Detention Center Tuesday morning have been captured.
According to Smith County Juvenile Services Director and Chief Probation Officer Ross Worley, the two 16-year-old boys were in the welding shop of the H.O.P.E. Academy Vocational Residential Program when they decided to escape.
Worley said the teens ran from the shop around 2:30 p.m., and scaled the fence using welding gloves and welding jackets.
Both are on probation for Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Worley confirmed.
The SCSO led the search efforts to find the teens with the assistance of other law enforcement agencies.