NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
October 11, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
INTRUDER
NABBED AT
A fugitive from the Escambia River Outward Bound Juvenile Detention Program was
captured today inside a bathroom at
18-year old Alonzo Borum of
Investigators say Borum escaped from the juvenile detention facility in
A school resource officer learned Borum was inside the school. Law enforcement
officers from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and Fort Walton Beach
Police Department were on the scene quickly as the school went into lockdown
mode.
During a search, Borum was found hiding inside an upstairs bathroom and was
apprehended without incident. He was not armed and no one was injured.
Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris says lawmen, teachers, and students hold
drills for school intruder and other contingencies. He says they conducted
themselves flawlessly today, proving those drills and safety precautions truly
pay off.
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