More questions are being raised about the safety and security of a juvenile detention center in Maryland that houses young people from the District. Authorities say a 17-year-old escaped from the New Beginnings Youth Development Center in Laurel Monday morning after attacking a guard and then stealing his vehicle. “I mean if it’s possible for [...]
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A 15 year old High School Student was arrested for bringing a loaded gun to school. The student told Frederick County sheriffs deputies that he had brought the gun to school Tuesday for protection, saying he was afraid for his own safety after a fight on campus the previous day. School officials say the teen [...]
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One year after Cheltenham Youth Facility teacher Hannah Wheeling was sexually assaulted and killed on the juvenile detention center’s grounds, overcrowding and understaffing continue to plague the facility, a watchdog group reports. Cheltenham Superintendant William E. Wilson, who was hired in July, said in an e-mail that the facility’s population “is at a safe and [...]
A year after a teacher was raped and killed at a Prince George’s County youth detention center, many of the conditions that contributed to her death still persist, according to the watchdog that monitors the state’s juvenile justice system.A 14-year-old boy is charged with sexually assaulting, beating and strangling 65-year-old Hannah Wheeling at the Cheltenham Youth [...]
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A Maryland student used a retractable baton in a fight Monday morning. During the fight the student hit the other student with the baton, sending him to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. “The [school resource officer's] investigation revealed that Jones was in possession of an expandable metal baton. The expandable baton is similar to those [...]
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Every year, Baltimore City asks: “Why?” Why is the homicide rate in this city so high? Why is there such rampant addiction to drugs? Why are so many kids growing up to be violent criminals? The answer may lie, in part, within the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, whose most striking feature is its sheer [...]
Police say a 16-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed during a fight at Douglass High School this afternoon. At about 4 p.m. the boy was fighting with a group of males near the football field when he was stabbed in the back. He was transported to Sinai Hospital. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said police [...]
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Montgomery County police said two Springbrook High School students are facing charges after pulling a gun during a fist fight behind the school. Police said the two students were fighting near the school in the White Oak area of Silver Spring on Thursday when a third student pulled out a gun. The crowd scattered, but [...]
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BALTIMORE – Baltimore County Police and Fire Department personnel are at Overlea High School this morning after a fight between two students was broken up by school resource officers who used pepper spray sending a total of ten students to the hospital for treatment. According to police, two male students were fighting in the school [...]