School's pig apprehended by Mt. Juliet police after escape

Mt. Juliet Police tracked down and caught a pig that got loose from Mt. Juliet Middle School on Friday and wandered out on Charlie Daniels Parkway near the school.

Porky, the pet pig kept by the school's agriculture department, lives in a large pen under the bleachers of the football field. He escaped around 2:15 p.m.

Officers spotted him running away from the area of police headquarters, which also is on Charlie Daniels Parkway.

Officers got him out of the roadway and called Mt. Juliet Animal Control, which got him back to his pen.

Mt. Juliet Middle teacher Ray Evans was making repairs to the pen so Porky would not escape, Lt. Tyler Chandler said. Porky becomes restless when students are out for an extended amount of time, Evans told police.

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