A Bedford County man, charged with escape from the Summit Academy reform school, pleaded guilty in Butler County Court on Wednesday.

Donald J. Chrisko, 19, of New Paris pleaded guilty in two cases to misdemeanor escape and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle before county Judge Timothy McCune.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 18 months probation, restitution, fines, costs and 50 hours of community service. He is scheduled for sentencing on Nov. 30.

Pennsylvania State Police said Chrisko and two 15-year-old boys escaped from the school on Herman Road in Summit Township on Feb. 19.

School staff chased after the trio and quickly caught one of the runaways, a 15-year-old boy from Masontown, Fayette County, but Chrisko and the other student, of Newport, Perry County, got away from the school for adjudicated youths and young adults in grades nine to 12.

At 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20, a homeowner on Beck Road — one to two miles from the school — discovered his red, 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee missing. The owner last saw the vehicle about 9:30 p.m. the day before.

Authorities on Feb. 21 recovered the stolen Jeep about 200 miles from the Summit Township facility at a home in Perry County.

A full story appears in Thursday's Butler Eagle.