A 12-year-old boy who escaped from San Francisco’s juvenile hall with a fellow inmate on Tuesday night was found at his mother’s home this afternoon, authorities said.
The pair, ages 12 and 16, escaped from a unit reserved for lower-risk and younger youth, smashing a roughly 1-square-foot window with a metal fixture in the room then squeezing through the opening, said William Siffermann, San Francisco’s chief juvenile probation officer.
The boys then somehow made their way past a 20-foot-tall barbed-wire fence and escaped.
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The 12-year-old is being returned to the juvenile facility, Siffermann said at about 3 p.m.
The 16-year-old, who was in custody for a probation violation, remains at large. He was last seen wearing inmate garb—a sweatshirt and khakis—and was likely wearing slippers or socks when he escaped, according to Siffermann.
The 12-year-old was at the youth detention center after being arrested for a property-related offense, Siffermann said.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
