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Charged teens simply walked away from Westmoreland shelter; county reopens shuttered juvenile center in response

The Westmoreland County Juvenile Detention Center in Hempfield Township as photographed Monday.

There was nothing to prevent two teens facing criminal charges from just walking out of the Westmoreland County- administered shelter where they were staying, the county’s juvenile detention director said Monday.


Source: The Tribune-Review