Summit Academy students in court for escape
Three Summit Academy students Thursday acknowledged they escaped the reform school in Summit Township last month in a stolen car belonging to a teacher.
State police accused one of the suspects — a 16-year-old Philadelphia boy — of removing the vehicle keys from the teacher's pocket July 27.
He and the other two students — a 15-year-old Delaware County boy and a 16-year-old state of Delaware boy — then ran out of the facility on Herman Road.
The Butler Eagle is not identifying the boys because of their ages.
The youths' admissions were made during a juvenile court hearing before Butler County Judge Timothy McCune.
It will be at least another week before they learn their punishments.
Police filed a list of charges against the teens, who were placed in the Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center in Steubenville, Ohio.
Each boy appeared in court Thursday for his pre-adjudication conference, which is similar to a status conference in adult court.
They had the option to fight the charges at a later adjudication hearing, the equivalent of a trial in adult court, or admit to charges — similar to a guilty plea.
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