By Associated Press - Friday, November 9, 2018

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a teen has escaped from a Florida juvenile detention facility.

The Miami Herald reports that the 17-year-old boy disappeared Wednesday morning from the Broward Juvenile Detention Center in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale police and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice were searching for the teen Thursday. Authorities didn’t say how he escaped.

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It wasn’t immediately clear why the teen was in custody.

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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

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