Juvenile Corrections in the News

Golf course greens vandalized 

BREA - Four young La Mirada men were among 16 youths booked on suspicion of getting into golf carts and tearing up some greens at the Black Gold Golf Course in Yorba Linda early Thanksgiving Day. rest of article...

A hearing for Cary Verse, a four-time convicted sex offender who was arrested in Walnut Creek over the weekend on a vehicle violation and was found with a 14-year-old boy in his car, has been scheduled for next Monday, Deputy Public Defender Ron Boyer said Tuesday. rest of article...

Two 16-year-old boys were taken into custody Tuesday after allegedly setting off a chemical reaction explosion in a plastic bottle in Carson High School's Senator Square. rest of article...

A 16-year-old Salinas High School student was arrested today after police said he flashed a fake handgun at another student, then attacked him. Police said they believe the altercation was gang-related. rest of article...

Cut school, get caught, pay a price 

FREMONT Ditching class no longer just causes students' grades to suffer. Now, it could hurt them and their parents financially. A city ordinance that went into effect Nov.
Source: www.insidebayarea.com

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EUREKA -- When someone has both a mental illness and a drug or alcohol addiction, they need to get both treated simultaneously, Dr. Gary Jaeger told the state Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission Thursday.
Source: www.times-standard.com

Teen held after search for explosive 
Classes at John Barrett Middle School resumed at noon Friday after a two-hour lockdown and search for a suspected explosive device.
Source: www.sacbee.com

Attorney: CoCo Murder Suspect May Be Brain Damaged 
A 16-year-old Danville boy accused of beating his mother to death with a metal baseball bat is scheduled to return to court next week to enter a plea, according to his attorney Daniel Horowitz.
Source: cbs5.com

2 in custody in Carson blast 
Two 16-year-old boys were taken into custody Tuesday after allegedly setting off a chemical reaction explosion in a plastic bottle in Carson High School's Senator Square, authorities said.
Source: news.rgj.com

BRIEFLY - CP Mason Deerfield

Nevada Appeal, NV - Nov 22, 2006... involvement and motive. Both were booked into juvenile jail on a charge of possessing an explosive device on school grounds. On the ...
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The Capital Times, WI - 20 hours ago... Karst and by a pre-sentence report prepared by the Department of Corrections. ... DeChambeau said Phillips had been in numerous programs as a juvenile and adult ... read entire article...

New York Times, United States - 11 hours ago... case has raised interest among civil libertarians and corrections system watchdog ... Mishi Faruqee, director of the Juvenile Justice Project of the Correctional ... read entire article...

Hospital in talks with developer

Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Nov 15, 2006by Jordan Schrader, JSCHRADE@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM. SWANNANOA � The Swannanoa prison for male juvenile criminals would change dramatically ... read more...

Two Juveniles Sought After Escaping From Detention In Kissimmee

WFtv.com, FL - Nov 16, 2006KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Deputies were looking, Thursday, for two juveniles who escaped from a juvenile detention camp in Kissimmee. David ... read rest...

Aberdeen American News, SD - 5 hours ago... long disabilities. The kids' sentence: 60 days in juvenile detention (plus community service), but only after football season. (The ... read rest...

Washington City Paper, DC - Nov 16, 2006... overhaul of the city�s broken juvenile-justice system, and what about instituting long-awaited reforms at Oak Hill, the city�s juvenile-detention center ... read rest...

Belmond Independent, IA - Nov 16, 2006The Wright County Board of Supervisors heard a report Monday from Juvenile Detention Court Officer Dave Adams. The county spends ... read rest...

ProgressiveU.org, CA - Nov 15, 2006... severe injuries. The players ran away. The punishment they were to get was 60 days in a juvenile detention center. Their punishment ... read rest...