One of two male students who escaped early Tuesday morning from the Clarinda Academy, has been apprehended. Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers said Kenneth “Kenny” Earnest Saunsoci, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was apprehended today (Wednesday), at around 2-a.m. by officers with the Omaha Police Department. Saunsoci is currently being held in the Douglas County, Nebraska Youth Detention Center pending action by juvenile court authorities in South Dakota and the Clarinda Academy administration. A second student, Lukas Trent Barse, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, remains at large. The boys, both of Native American descent, escaped the facility at around 2-a.m. Tuesday, by jumping out a dormitory window.
Authorities believe they stole a 2007 Toyota Camry from Clarinda. The vehicle was recovered Tuesday morning, in Omaha.