Maryland Juvenile Arrested for Violent Outbreak In School released from Maryland Juvenile Justice and several days later shoots two men in an attempted robbery.
BALTIMORE — A 14-year-old girl shot two men during a robbery attempt after she was laughed at because of her age, according to charging documents.
One of the men died a few days [...]
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Teen accused in Arrington shooting to be tried as an adult
By LISA THOMPSON
lisa.thompson@timesnews.com
Larry Lemon, the 18-year-old accused of gunning down another man in front of a convenience store in January, won’t get another chance in the juvenile justice system.
Judge William R. Cunningham has issued an order that rejects a defense request to [...]
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Source: 2 more D.C. wards slain
By: Bill Myers
Examiner Staff Writer
August 13, 2010
Two more young men who were committed to the D.C.’s youth justice agency have joined the District’s grim roll call in separate homicides this week, The Washington Examiner has learned.
David Hinson, 20, was shot dead Wednesday night in Capitol Heights. A [...]
L.A. County probation officials find videos on YouTube of fights between students at a Lancaster camp. Investigators will conduct interviews and examine computers to determine the teacher responsible.
FIGHTVIDEOS MADE BY YOUTHS IN LA COUNTY PROBATION WERE REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE LATE LAST MONTH AT PROBATION OFFICIALS REQUEST. THE TIMES IS MAKING THE VIDEOS AVAILABLE TO [...]
Room 8 is reporting that the State policy of coercing private providers to purchase substandard products and services is creating an unsafe and dangerous condition at OCFS owned and licensed facilities.
OCFS (and OMH who is also mentioned in Lancman’s report) have been coercing private (licensed) providers to purchase substandard services (including safety services) at inflated [...]
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Manuel D. Sanchez, 29, of Capitol Heights was with a crew of people hired a week ago to clean up the area in the rear of an apartment house in the 4600 block of Hillside Road in Southeast Washington. Sanchez didn’t make it home. Just after 2:00 p.m. last Friday he was [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 4, 2010
Contact:
Michael Victorian
(202) 639-6405
(202) 340-9764
CITY JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM PLAGUED WITH
MISMANAGEMENT
Union Says Youth Violence Directly Related to Failures of City Government
(WASHINGTON) – The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents employees of the District of Columbia’s Department of Youth and Rehabilitation Services, (DYRS), today said that the recent rash of youth violence can [...]
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Ex-Youth Aide in Tennessee says false claims of abuse ruined his life.
Unfortunately this is not an isolated occurance, nor is Tennessee the only state engaging in this practice.
County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania. Facilities are experiencing staff hesitancy in confronting inappropriate behaviors as staff report fear of retaliation from licensing representatives should the confrontation result in aggressive [...]
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Cleveland police five teens who they believe shot out more than 100 car windows. In the comment section, Ohio citizens expressed their dissatisfaction regarding community safety. Stating:
It’s likely the boys will be placed at the (very little known about) County’s Youth Development Center who will resort to their pacifist policies that do nothing but make [...]
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PA: Juvenile ‘wolf packs’ run amok in a wave of violent robberies & then given back to their parents and sent to their rooms
Enraged by a recent rash of robberies allegedly committed by teens, Upper Darby Police Superintendent said that those who draft legislation should spend a night on the streets of Upper Darby.
Last week, six “wolf-pack” robberies committed by males 14-to-17-years-old – in groups of three to eight – occurred throughout the township. All of them involved [...]
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