3 Teens In Custody After Escape from Rockville Detention Center

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County Police officers spent two hours Sunday night searching for three teenagers who escaped from the Alfred D. Noyes Children’s Center in Rockville. The teens, who are all back in custody, are two 15-year-olds and a 17-year-old.

The escape was reported about 7 p.m.

A search by police with K-9 units and a Maryland State Police helicopter turned up two of the teens about a mile from their detention center in a field off Muddy Branch Road, reports WTOP.

A sharp-eyed Ride On bus driver helped track down the third escapee.

Police gave the description of the juveniles to the Ride On system. When the third teen boarded a bus to get to his home in Gaithersburg — without wearing any shoes — the bus driver remembered the youth and noticed he matched the description that had been given out, reports NBC Washington. Officers took the teen into custody at his home on Lost Knife Drive.