JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — UPDATE: The escapee from the Mountain View Youth Development center has been taken into custody.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office gave the update on Facebook overnight. The juvenile escapee was first reported missing late Christmas Eve.
Authorities said they were searching in the area of Pine Drive. It was the third time a person escaped from the center since "Wayne's Halfway House" took over the facility earlier this year, in February.
In March, two juvenile inmates of the troubled Mountain View Youth Development in Dandridge escaped by knocking open a fire exit door and scaling a fence, according to the Dandridge Police Department.
A description of the escapee was not immediately available. This story will be updated when more information is available.