Schoolyard bullying turned violent this week at Hauppauge Middle School when a seventh grade boy was seriously injured during a bathroom brawl. Principal Maryann Fletcher said that the incident originally came through as an accident, but after further investigation, the administration discovered that it was not. The victim of the assault suffered a concussion and [...]

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The violence erupted in Bedford-Stuyvesant inside of the Institute for Community Living facility on Lewis Avenue at 11:15 p.m. when Markie Young, 23, allegedly stabbed Serena Matthews, 56, cops said. The two had been arguing when Young allegedly lashed out and attacked Matthews, authorities said. “I heard her scream. It was a deep, deep scream,” [...]

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TTAPR on February 6th, 2013

Violent Groups Of Teens Leave NYC Businesses In Ruins After OCFS/ACS Agree to Release Youth Closer to Home Violent, thieving mobs have hit New York City.  This is happening the same time OCFS is downsizing their facilities, and shipping NYC youth closer to home. In 2001 there were 2,229 youth admitted to 19 juvenile facilities [...]

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Three girls were charged with gang assault Tuesday morning after they allegedly attacked a mom as she put her young child on a school bus. The girls — two 13-year-olds and a 12-year-old — called what they did “mobbing” or “popping” on someone, and told police they did it for fun and chose their victim [...]

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The number of assaults on staff has increased by more than 500 percent in just five years, from 52 in 2007 to 280 in 2012. Serious injuries sustained by staff members doubled between 2007 ad 2010. Source: NYS Commission of Correction, records through Dec. 14, 2012. Leave it to New York to prove itself seemingly [...]

Continue reading about NY. Violence continues to plague OCFS’ juvenile detention centers

Violence is on the rise in New York’s juvenile detention centers. The statistics and costs to staff and resident’s health and safety and to taxpayers are astounding. Records show that violent incidents have increased more than fivefold over the past five years. In 2007, 52 assaults were documented in the state’s four secure centers; the number [...]

Continue reading about NY. Unsafe youth centers: Assaults rise on workers and residents at OCFS juvenile detention sites

On Friday, October 26, 13WHAM News captured video of city school students downtown being pepper sprayed by police. More than 100 students were there to watch a fight. There had been several fights downtown during the week and police had tried multiple times to break up the crowd on Friday. Two students were arrested for [...]

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TTAPR on October 1st, 2012

The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office has charged two Rondout Valley High School students with disorderly conduct, a violation, following a physical confrontation at the school on Friday morning. Deputies were called by school officials reporting the fight in a hallway between two boys, ages 16 and 17. Both students were treated for minor injuries and [...]

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TTAPR on September 24th, 2012

What reportedly started as an argument between two high-school girls ended with 19-year-old Theodore Beckles being stabbed in the abdomen during a brawl outside Independence High School on West 56th Street. Sources say  that after a fight between Beckles’s girlfriend and another girl, both went to their boyfriends for help. This escalated into a street brawl [...]

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Queens teenager was found shot to death outside of a historic Brooklyn High School on Friday. Police responding to a 911 call found Kaiim Vieira, 17, outside of Boys and Girls High School with multiple gunshot wounds. Vieira was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. An investigation into the [...]

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