Pennsylvania State Police were called Monday to track down several people who escaped from a youth treatment facility in Lehigh County.

State police in Bethlehem responded to the Marconi House at KidsPeace in North Whitehall shortly before 5 p.m. All runaway youths have been returned to the area, state police said.

A 23-year-old Allentown woman who worked there was attacked by an 18-year-old KidsPeace customer, state police said.

Nathan Branosky, public information officer for Troop M barracks, told lehighvalleylive.com that a chair was used in the attack.

The young man was arrested. The staff’s condition was not immediately clear Wednesday.

Robert Martin, KidsPeace’s communications director, also could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday. Martin previously told lehighvalleylive.com that he could not comment on specific situations involving individuals in treatment programs, citing the organization’s privacy regulations.

KidsPeace a private charitable organization dedicated to serving Behavioral and mental health needs of children, families and communities, according to the website.

One The history of dealing with runaway youth, They included three-day dispatch calls in the fall of 2019 that led soldiers to capture at least 13 fugitives. soldiers Answered many times in September 2023 Within two days to find the fugitives. State police say a trooper was bitten by a KidsPeace customer in one of the 2023 incidents

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