8/22/2008 10:52:43 AM
By Tim Ruzek
Post-Bulletin, Austin MN
Two teenage boys are charged in juvenile court for allegedly escaping from a juvenile treatment facility three weeks ago, stealing a car and driving to Pine Island.
A Goodhue County sheriff's deputy arrested the boys, ages 16 and 17, early on Aug. 2 after checking on several reports of two people rifling through cars in Pine Island.
One of the boys allegedly told the deputy that the stolen car had run out of gas and that they were looking for another vehicle in Pine Island, according to authorities. They were found in an alley behind the Pine Island fire hall by a Goodhue County deputy.
The boys started walking away when they saw the deputy and eventually ran, authorities say. The deputy caught the 17-year-old and found the other boy later walking in Pine Island after the boy had run through a river.
Each boy has been charged in Mower Juvenile Court with felony unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The car was stolen from the 2100 block of Ninth Street Southwest in Austin.
An initial court date hasn't been set for the teens, who also might face charges in Goodhue County
The 16-year-old boy is from Burnsville, Minn., and the 17-year-old is from Savage, Minn. After their arrest, the boys were returned to the Gerard Academy, a residential treatment facility in northeast Austin for boys and girls from age 6 to 19. The campus is on the former Jay C. Hormel estate, a 12-acre site next to the Jay C. Hormel nature center.
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