KENT, Wash. — Police on Tuesday arrested the fourth of five teens who escaped a detention center near Snoqualmie in late January and found the car they stole during their getaway.
Two King County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested the teen in Kent around 4 p.m. One teen remains at large.
The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office also filed charges against four of the five teens on Tuesday. Charges include escape in the first degree, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, robbery, assault and theft of a motor vehicle.
The Kent Police Department located the stolen 2018 Ford Fusion in a park. The department said Tuesday it was there for several days before it was discovered.
The five teens, who are between 14 and 17 years old, escaped Echo Glen Children’s Center, a medium/maximum security facility, on Jan. 26. The teens allegedly assaulted employees and acquired the keys to the state-owned Fusion.
One of the teens, a 15-year-old who was adjudicated of first-degree murder in 2021, was arrested the following day in Kent. Two other detainees were arrested in Kirkland and Kent later that day.
Those three teens appeared in court on Jan. 28, and a judge found probable cause for the new charges. The teens were expected to remain in juvenile detention before a charging decision.
The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), which oversees Echo Glen, said it is conducting a review of the incident. The DCYF said a team comprised of people outside facility management is working to determine root causes and address risk. That report is expected early this week, according to the DCYF.