A Henry County teenager wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet went on a crime spree last week that included two carjackings, an armed robbery and a auto theft, according to police. Chansamone Nhotsombath and his family were the first of many victims who encountered the 16-year old. “He approached me and asked for a ride down [...]
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Georgia staff predicted that there would be increased violence when their intervention practices were changed. Most of the violent reports never get to the newspapers. Even this report where an outside SWAT team was called to quell a disturbance is very cryptic. State juvenile justice officials say a SWAT team was called in to put [...]
Two teenagers who threw a homemade chemical bomb into a store at a mall in Glynn County will spend the next 18 months at a youth detention center. The 15-year-old and 14-year-old boys were put in the custody of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for five years on Thursday. The two pleaded guilty May [...]
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More than a third of foster children in Georgia are prescribed psychotropic drugs — medications like antidepressants and mood stabilizers. Because so many foster children are using the drugs, a new review aims to provide better oversight over their usage. The review is expected to reduce prescriptions of expensive psychotropic drugs within the foster care [...]
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Juvenile Correctional Officer is injured during a late night riot at the Eastman Youth Development Facility. Public Information Officer Captain Tony Winborn of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office tells NewsCentral, Dodge County Law Enforcement Officers responded to a call for assistance from Juvenile Correctional Officers at the Eastman YDF around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Winborn [...]
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A female student involved in a fight with another student was pepper sprayed by a school officer at a Cobb County middle school on Tuesday. Two female students at Tapp Middle School were involved in a fight at the end of the school day, and the officer used the spray to get the student and [...]
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The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says an officer with the Youth Development Facility in Eastman was hurt Sunday night after he was assaulted with a broomstick during a riot there. Captain Tony Winborn, Public Information Officer for the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, says they received a call for assistance from the Eastman Youth Development Facility [...]
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A T.W. Josey senior and his mother were charged with simple battery after a fight on school grounds Wednesday, according to a Sheriff’s Office incident report. Police said the student, Phillip Kirby Murray, was involved in a fight with a teacher at the school around 2:30 p.m. where he struck the victim’s face and body [...]
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Officials with the DeKalb County School System said 16 students were punished after participating in a gang fight at Cross Keys High School on Sept. 22. Principal LaShawn McMillan said a local form hearing was held on Sept. 24 at the school, and as a result six students were sent to [...]
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Zero tolerance: Crime against children Would you want to be subjected to zero tolerance? Think about it. Any little mistake means automatic conviction, fine or jail time with no room for common sense. No, you wouldn’t want it, and you wouldn’t stand for it. Then tell me why we are subjecting our children to this [...]