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Lewis County honors three juvenile detention officers for actions during Jan. 15 escape attempt

2595004 · March 12, 2025
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Lewis County officials recognized three juvenile detention officers for preventing the escape of a detainee charged with murder after a nearly 10-minute physical confrontation and coordinated response from the control room.

Shad Hale, Lewis County juvenile court administrator, formally honored three detention officers Friday for their response to an attempted escape at the county juvenile facility on Jan. 15.

Hale told county commissioners and attendees that detention officers Zaila Warner, Lexi Brooks and Heidi Parnell acted to stop a detainee — described in the meeting as having a violent history and pending a Murder 1 charge — who attempted to flee during recreation time…

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