SLED says two teens who escaped DJJ facility now in custody

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Two teenagers who custody escaped the custody of a Department of Juvenile Justice Facility in the Midlands have now been apprehended.

SLED says 17 year old, Robert Richard Bissonette of Anderson and Malachi Joseph Ussery of Columbia escaped the Three Rivers Behavioral Health Center in Lexington County, August 28th.

Bissonette was spotted last Friday in the West Columbia area, before he was brought back into custody. Officials say that Ussery has a history of violent criminal behavior. Both were taken back into custody without incident.

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