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| CO charged with abusing tee |
| By NBC4 Columbus.com |
| Published: 01/31/2005 |
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Another Ohio Department of Youth Services corrections officer has been accused of abusing a teenage inmate, NBC 4 reported. This time the alleged incident happened at a boy's juvenile detention center. The officer charged has resigned from the facilty. He is under investigation by the Ohio Highway Patrol. The Department of Youth Services alleges a 17-year-old boy was abused while at the Circleville Juvenile Corrections Facility by former youth corrections officer Rric Shannon in November of last year. "We were planning on removing the correctional officer, but he decided to resign instead," Kevin Miller, of the Ohio Department of Youth Services, said. The state says Shannon was taking the teen out of school and was putting him into an isolation room at the time of the incident. According to the incident report, that's when Shannon claims the teen refused and actually grabbed him by the neck. In that moment Shannon said he went into "emergency defense." Investigators said they do not believe Shannon's account about the teen attacking him. They said he used unnecessary and excessive force. In October, Shannon was also disciplined for his treatment of a boy at the Circleville Youth Prison. In the last 12 months, 11 youth corrections officers have been accused of abusing youth inmates. Ten of those officers have been indicted. |
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