2 juvenile escapees indicted, to be tried as adults

UPDATE @ 5:20 p.m. March 12, 2015:

Two teens were indicted for escaping from a juvenile detention facility in November and will be tried as adults, Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. announced today.

Anthony Becton Clark, 16, and Mar’Quice Murray, 17, were indicted on felony escape and vandalism charges for escaping from the Center for Adolescent Services in New Lebanon and for damaging the facility Nov. 3, 2014. Clark, Murray and a 15-year-old boy escaped through the ventilation system.

Murray also was indicted on one count of assault on a corrections officer for an attack Oct. 19, 2014, at the youth detention facility, according to the prosecutor’s office.

“These defendants clearly have no respect for the criminal justice system, and have displayed a blatant disrespect for the rights and safety of others,” Heck stated. “They both were given multiple chances through the juvenile justice system to be rehabilitated, but totally squandered those opportunities.”

Clark and Murray are scheduled to be arraigned the morning of March 26.

The third teen who escaped was sentenced to 18 months at the Department of Youth Services.

UPDATE @1:42 p.m. Nov. 19, 2014:

Clark was apprehended early Wednesday after a brief “foot chase,” according to Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer.

Plummer said deputies responded to a tip that the wanted juvenile was staying at a house in the area of Osmond and Hoover avenues.

When deputies arrived, they spotted their suspect holding a basketball and walking out of a house with another teenager.

The other teen was wanted by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office after he had cut off the community control bracelet on his ankle.

Investigators from Miami Twp. and Trotwood were glad to hear of Clark’s capture and were eager to ask him questions about unsolved crimes in their jurisdictions.

Plummer said the additional allegations against Clark include home burglaries, a shooting and a fight at Thurgood Marshall two days ago — alleged activity before he was originally incarcerated and after his escape.

“I’m glad the public helped us find him. This kid was out there causing other crimes … We’ve been having several problems with juveniles in our community lately … They don’t understand the consequences, number one, and they don’t really value a life. They are young kids. They are out runnin’ and gunnin’. They don’t understand when you shoot somebody, it could be death for that person and 30 years in prison for you.”

UPDATE @12:25 p.m., Nov. 19:

Anthony Michael Clark, 15, has been taken into custody afte he escaped from the Center for Adolescent Services in New Lebanon Nov. 3.

UPDATE, Nov. 9:

Anthony Michael Clark, 15, remains on the lam after he and two other youths escaped last week from the Center for Adolescent Services in New Lebanon.

Clark, who was incarcerated for a felony-level crime, had still not been found as of Sunday night, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

He escaped from the juvenile detention facility Nov. 3.

Nov. 3

Two juveniles are in custody and one remains on the loose after the three escaped from the Center for Adolescent Services in New Lebanon on Monday morning.

The Montgomery County Juvenile Court Administrator, Jim Cole, identified the escapees as males ages 15 and 16, all incarcerated at the center for felony crimes.

Authorities first learned of the escape at approximately 10 a.m.

“We knew that they had broken through the ceilings in their individual cells and were up in the rafters, ” said Cole. “It appears about 10 to 15 minutes after that, they were able to escape through an air vent. They had to peel back the slats and drop about 20 to 25 feet. I’m a little surprised that no one injured themselves as they jumped out.”

As 12:30 p.m., two of the teens were in custody. One was caught on West Third Street, headed toward downtown Dayton, said Cole. We are not releasing the identities of the two juvenile males returned to custody, but the third teen who remains at large is identified as Anthony Michael Clark, 15.

Deputies are using a Ohio Highway Patrol helicopter and K-9 unit to assist in the search for the third escapee.

Earlier Monday, Cole said the teens had caused a disruption in the school area of the facility and were taken back to their cells for a “cooling off” period. When a counselor went to conduct a routine check of the teens, the escape was discovered.

“This is highly unusual,” said Cole. “We have run the facility here for a little over 10 years and this is the first time we’ve had a situation that as a result of being inside, we had damage created to get in to the ceiling.”

“We’ll be looking at the construction of the facility and seeing if some things need to be done to enhance [security],”Cole continued. “We’ll have to take a look at process and procedures to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.”

Several years ago two juveniles were able to shake an exterior fence to create enough space to squeeze out. They were apprehended a short time later.