PONTIAC, Mich. (WWJ) -- The search is on for two teens who escaped from the Oakland County Children’s Village Sunday night.
Authorities are searching for Elijah Travis Daniel Lee and Kuran Melvin-Vito Dolton-Burton, who were working on a food service detail at the juvenile detention center when they slipped away.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office says the two teens were last seen around 7:40 p.m. at the facility, located on Telegraph Road, just south of Dixie Highway.
Attempts to find the escapees have so far been unsuccessful, according to the sheriff’s office.
Both teens were at Children’s Village for crimes they committed this spring.
The sheriff’s office says Lee was arrested on a Greyhound bus in Detroit back in March while trying to flee to Florida under an alias after an alleged shooting in Pontiac.
Lee is accused of shooting into a home in the 100 block of Blaine Avenue multiple times on March 21, injuring a 71-year-old Pontiac man and a 24-year-old Waterford man. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Lee and another teen -- a 14-year-old who is still at Children’s Village -- were both charged in the shooting.
Dolton-Burton, meanwhile, is accused of stealing his aunt’s car and hitting several vehicles in Pontiac on May 17. Police say he was being chased by another man several blocks away. He was arrested after a short foot chase with deputies and charged with car theft and two counts of hit-and-run.
The sheriff’s office describes Lee as about 5-foot-6, 150 lbs. He was last seen wearing a yellow polo shirt, black pants, a gray Nike hooded sweatshirt and county-issued flip-flops.
Dolton-Burton is described as 6-foot-1, 200 lbs. He was last seen wearing a black “bubble-type jacket,” a Nike jacket, an orange polo shirt, black pants and county-issued flip-flops, according to police.
Anyone who has seen Lee or Dolton-Burton or knows of their whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-Up.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to their arrest. All callers will remain anonymous.
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