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Alleged
|
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when
|
when
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when
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Plaintif(s)
|
Defendent(s)
|
Nature
|
where
|
occur
|
filed
|
resolvd
|
Judgment
|
ref
|
|
Lulu
Corter
|
Dr. Miller Newton (formerly
national clinical director Straight, Inc); Kids of North Jersey,
and his psychiatrists
|
child abuse
|
Newark,
NJ
|
|
|
July 2003
|
$6,500,000
settlement
|
|
| |
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Rebecca
Erlich
|
Dr. Miller
Newton (formerly national clinical director Straight, Inc);
Kids of North Jersey, and his psychiatrists
|
child abuse
|
Newark,
NJ
|
|
|
1998
|
$4,500,000
settlement
|
1
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Administrative
|
Lucy
|
She had
already been placed in SAFE on 3 separate Marchman Acts for
observation. She escaped was now 18, and her dad , an attorney,
tried to force her back in on 4th Marchman Act.
|
Pinellas
Cty, Fl
|
2000
|
|
|
Magistrate
denied Marchman Act commitment
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|
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Criminal
|
G. T. and
J. P. old comers at Growing Together--a Straight-descendent
program
|
in an apparent
un-official rite of passage called the Naked Crusader, four
old comers tried to orally sodomize a newcomer, masturbated
on his back. criminal # for G. T. 97028770MMD02
|
West Palm
Beach, Fl
|
1997
|
|
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Criminal
|
Straight-Cincinnati
|
sensory
deprivations, sexual confessions, kids sitting in own defecation,
kids carving on self. Atty. Richard Doyle 606-431-5683
, Cincinnati, led 3 year investigation.
|
Ohio
|
|
|
|
Straight
voluntarily closed on day of trial. Strangely, today Kids Helping
Kids of Cincinnati --a Straight descendent program operates
out of old Straight -Cincinnati facility
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Administrative
|
|
Growing
Together. State investigation found that a GT client warned
that he might commit suicide but his counselors thought he just
wanted attention. The client did commit suicide and the
state concluded that the client may still be alive had his warning
been taken seriously
|
West Palm
Beach, Fl
|
1986
|
|
|
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|
Straight President Walter
Loebenberg and Straight Exec Dir Bernadine Braiwaite
|
while officers
of Pembroke Pines Gen Hospital, prior to Straight, failed
to pay back appx. $950K of Medicaid money.
|
federal
court, Tampa, Fl
|
|
|
|
out come
not known
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
Straight
counselor Arthur Nichol, age 40
|
rape of
two male teenagers, a Straight client and his friend
|
Pinellas
Cty
|
|
|
8-29-91
7 years prison
|
|
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|
Criminal
|
George Ross
of Possibilities Unlimited--a Straight descendent program. Prosecutors
announced they would seek jail time.
|
While Miller
Newton is the highest Straight or former Straight official to
pay out the highest civil award against a Straight or a Straight-like
program, Dr. George Ross, Straight's former national education
director, is the highest Straight or former Straight
official to ever be prosecuted in a criminal court. (Miller
Newton settled with the federal government by paying $45,000
for 254 fraudulent insurance claims in return for not being
criminally prosecuted.) Ross was tried in Aug 1985 for
physically holding kids in his program. Originally 5 people
made charges against him but the judge dismissed 2 immediately.
One of Ross' character witnesses was Helen Petermann, Straight's
former clinical director, who herself has been accused of abuse.
|
Fayette
Cty, Ky
|
|
|
1986
|
Prosecutors
were Phil Maloney and a Mr. Giles. Ross' attorney was the former
states attorney. Ross was acquitted.
|
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|
John Doe
|
Straigh-Springfield,
et al
|
Minor alleged
was spat upon and not allowed to wipe off spit untill he admitted
he admitted he was a drug addict. He escaped and was run
down and beaten by Straight old comers until a Virginia State
trooper interceded.
|
Fairfax
County, Va.
|
7-91
|
|
|
Attorney
Sandra Havrlik, of Fairfax County handled his case. Disposition
is unknown.
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Columbia
Mgt, Inc
|
Straight,
Inc.
|
Straight
sued by its landlord sued for failure to pay $42,726.31 in rent.
|
Columbia,
MD District Court.
|
|
2-18-92
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fairfax Food Services
and Caterers
|
Straight, Inc.
|
Straight
sued by a Pizza company for owing a $17,177.72 pizza bill.
|
Fairfax
County
|
|
c. 91
|
|
"discontinued and
stricken"
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
Christi
Fortson
|
Straight
Dallas
|
False imprisonment,
physical and emotional abuse, she was "frightened, humiliated,
embarrassed, and suffered severe physical pain and emotional
anguish"
|
Dallas
|
|
1991
|
|
Defended
by D. Gerry Orth of Chappel and Handy, 1800 City Center Tower
Two 301 Commerce St, Fort Worth 76102-4118, 817-332-1800.
Outcome unknown.
|
|
|
Michael Daniels |
Straight-Saint Petersburg
|
sued for driving him insane
|
|
|
|
c. 1988 |
Daniels lost |
|
|
Bill Fager
|
Straight-Springfield
|
sued for abusing him
and driving him insane
|
|
|
|
1993
|
Fager lost
|
|
|
Straight
Dallas
|
Tempie Worthy
(mother of Christi Fortson)
|
a gag suit
to keep the mother from sounding off at protests of the Straight
facility
|
Dallas
|
|
1991
|
|
see Christi
Fortson
|
|
|
Sherri Slaughter
|
Straight
Dallas
|
kidnapped
|
Dallas
|
|
c91
|
|
her atty
asking $5 million. She independently settled for $2,000.
|
|
|
Frank L. Giocondo
|
Kids of Southern California
|
small claims case # SC316584
|
Fullerton, Ca. |
|
9-22-88 |
|
|
|
|
Khachik Toomian |
Kids of Southern California
|
small claims case # B029996
|
Fullerton, Ca. |
|
9-30-88 |
|
dismissed
with prejudice 1-4-91 |
|
|
Harriet I. Hermann
|
Kids of Southern California
|
small claims case # SC319545
|
Fullerton, Ca. |
|
12-30-88 |
|
|
|
|
Richard A. Hermann
|
Kids of Southern California
|
small claims case # SC319545
|
Fullerton, Ca. |
|
12-30-8? |
|
Richard
Hermann awarded $1303 plus $26 cost of court on 2-7-89 |
|
|
Rykoff Sexton, Inc.
|
Kids of Southern California
|
small claims case # B041973?
|
Fullerton, Ca. |
|
8-24-89 |
|
dismissed
with prejudice 5-14-90 |
|
|
Randel Sherwood
|
Straight of Southern
California
|
small claims case # B088158
|
Fullerton, Ca.
|
|
1-15-93
|
|
|
|
|
Yorbi Linda Commerce Assoc |
Straight of Southern California |
case # 688552 |
Santa Ana Central Justice
Center |
|
5-5-92 |
|
Straight ordered to pay
$872,642.37 on 10-6-92. Appears to be for rent default. |
|
|
Gibralta Products, Inc. |
Kids of Southern California |
case # 565557 |
Santa Ana Central Justice
Center |
|
8-18-88 |
|
|
|
|
Harriet Herman |
Kids of Southern California |
case # 584418 |
Santa Ana Central Justice
Center |
|
3-9-89 |
|
|
|
|
Altobar Dev. Co. Inc. |
Kids of Southern California
? |
case # 564182 |
Santa Ana Central Justice
Center |
|
8-2-88 |
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
Straight
counselor Ken Barker
|
allegedly
kissed and touched client Beth Cline
|
Chesapeake,
VA Circuit
|
|
|
1-8-91
|
trial date
1-8-91. resolution not known.
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Scott Beatty
|
Straight
Springfield, VA
|
spat upon,
other abuses.
|
Fairfax
Cty, Va.
|
89-90
|
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
|
|
State health
granted 90 day conditional license to Straights in Orlando and
Saint Petersburg instead of the normal yearly license due to
violations.
|
Pinellas
and Orange County Florida
|
6-22-89
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jeffrey
Dewitt Mildrum and mother Rene H. Mildrum
|
Straight
Saint Petersburg
|
abuse
|
Pinellas
Cty, Fl
|
|
|
8-22-88
|
Straight
settled
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Karen Norton
|
Straight,
Inc.; Miller Newton
|
Miller Newton
threw Karen Norton against a wall
|
Pinellas
Cty, Circuit Court, Fl
|
|
|
1990
|
$720,000
#85011481CI
|
2
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|
Amy Craun
|
Straight-Springfield,
VA,
|
abuse
|
Fairfax
Cnty, Va
|
1987
|
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Doe
|
Straight
St Pete
|
had psychiatric
problems--not drugs. Was beaten, starved, started carving on
his body
|
|
|
|
11-4-86"
|
Attorney
Karen A. Barnett handled case. Straight settled for $15K and
host family for $10K.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eric Weaver
|
Straight
Cincinnati
|
Claimed
Straight made him so despondent he carved on his body. Parents
say they were told by Straight staff that carving was normal
part of detox.
|
Cincinnati
|
1986
|
|
|
Cincinnati
attorney Jonathan Schiff was representing Weaver as of 10-16-86.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Does
1, 2, 3, 4.
|
Straight-Cincinnati
|
Four youths
fled Straight Cincinnati.
|
Cincinnati
|
85-86
|
|
|
Cincinnati
attorney Jonathan Schiff represented all four successfully and
kept them from being sent back.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Does
1, 2, 3, 4.
|
Straight
Cincinnati
|
Filed in
Ohio from 83 - 85 by Ohio attorney David J. Scacchetti complaining
kids beaten, painfully restrained, held in small isolation rooms
for long periods of time, denied food and sleep.
|
|
|
|
|
Two suits
settled out of court; two pending as of 2/91.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wendi Weidman
|
Straight
Cincinnait
|
a teenager,
alleged attacked and beaten at Straight and at host home
|
Cincinnati
|
86
|
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benson Williams
age 14
|
Straight
Sarasota
|
atrocities
including beatings, hung by his underpants carried about by
his hair, mental and physical torture, deprivation of medical
attention and schooling
|
Sarasota
Cty Circuit Court
|
|
8-7-83
|
|
Sarasota
attorney Larry Byrd handled case.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lawrence
Taylor Williams
|
Straight
Sarasota
|
15 years
old at time of abuse. alleged being deprived of bathroom facilities
and proper food.
|
Sarasota
|
|
|
|
Sarasota
attorney Larry Byrd handled case.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Margaret
L. Heath
|
Straight
Sarasota
|
beaten,
thrown to a concrete floor, and pinioned there for over 2 hours,
deprived of adequate food, water, sleep pulled out of chair
by hair, denied education, denied bathroom privileges.
|
Sarasota,
Fl.
|
|
8-4-85
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Straight,
Inc.
|
State of
Florida
|
Straight
sues for right to force teens into treatment
|
2-13-85
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
|
|
Florida
Health warns Straight to stop force therapy
|
Pinellas
Cty and Orange Cty, Fl
|
9-14-84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
|
|
Florida
Health orders straight to change its ways
|
Pinellas
Cty
|
6'21'83
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
T. Keen
|
Straight
St Pete
|
assault,
false imprisonment, etc
|
Pinellas
Cty
|
82
|
10-83
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 teens
rep by ACLU
|
Straight-Atlanta
|
inhumane
treatment
|
Cobb Cnty,
Ga. Superior Court
|
81-82
|
|
|
|
4a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arletha
Schauteet
|
Straight-St
Pete, Miller Newton
|
held against
will, kidnapping told by Newton her mom would be put in jail
for kidnapping if she did not co-operate.
|
St Pete
|
81-82
|
|
'8-83
|
writ of
habeas corpus released her. Her atty William A.
Leffler. Straight settled-undisclosed amount.
|
4a
|
|
Hope Hyrons
|
Straight-St
Pete, Miller Newton
|
kidnapping,
false imprisonment at sibling interview, restraint, (she's from
Longwood, FL) told by Newton, I don't give a damn about your
rights
|
|
|
|
8-83
|
Straight
settled for undisclosed. Her atty William A. Leffler
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
Daniels
|
Straight-St
Pete
|
driving
him insane
|
|
|
5-83
|
|
Daniels
lost
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Martin Brashears
|
Straight-Atlanta
|
he was an
adult, false imprisonment
|
|
|
8-83
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
Straight-Sarasota and
specified counselors.
|
Sarasota
states attorney James T. Gardner (principal assistant David
Levin) issues damning 600 page report on Straight-Sarasota on
kidnappings false imprisonments, threats to court order unless
voluntarily sign in; enrolling those not drug dependent, hair
pulling, neck grabbing, throwing clients against walls. Based
on statements from Straight counselors In 1989, David
Levin, former Sarasota ass't state atty, said on West 57th Street--it
was child abuse and torture directed by Miller Newton.
|
Straight
- Sarasota
|
|
|
|
facing 24
criminal indictments Straight Sarasota voluntarily closed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charles
from Albuquerque
|
|
transported
to Straight by in leg irons by 2 private detectives.
|
St Pete
|
9-3-83
|
|
|
judge ordered
release because proper commitment procedures not followed and
judge saw no sign of drug addiction.
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jacqueline
Stallings
|
Straight
Saint Petersburg
|
physical
assaults and false imprisonment
|
St Pete
|
82
|
83
|
6-11-85
|
case # 83012161CI.
Straight found to have committed a "malicious act".
Settlement for $37,500.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Douglas
|
Straight
Saint Petersburg
|
abuse
|
St Pete
|
|
85
|
|
case 85001827CI.
Straight found to have committed a "wrongful act".
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
Keen
|
Straight-St
Pete
|
false imprisonment
|
|
|
10-83
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
|
criminal
restraint and involuntary servitude served on Miller Newton
|
Bergen Cty,
NJ
|
|
|
12-88
|
Bergen County
Superior Court dismissed charges.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
|
Bergen County
prosecutors found black eyes, strip searches, sleep deprivation,
solitary confinement and denial or right to leave at age 18
|
|
|
|
|
prosecutors
escorted out a number of kids over age 18
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Susan W.
Milan AKA Susan White
|
Straight-Atlanta
|
Ms. Milan
represented by ACLU. Alleged medical malpractice, false imprisonment,
fraud, assault. ACLU contact President Bruce Morris
|
US District
Court
|
|
3/19/85
|
|
awarded
$37K for peanut butter diets
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jennifer
Woolston
|
Kids of
Salt Lake City, et al
|
kidnapping,
strip search, in trying to escape she fell from window and broke
bones in feet and arms, dislocated shoulder, damaged cartilage/ligament
in both knees
|
Salt Lake
City
|
1989
|
|
|
she was
released by writ of habeas corpus on 9-21-89. She won her case
for an undisclosed amount.
|
10'23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
|
|
Miller Newton's
franchise Kids of Southern California closed under state scrutiny.
Straight occupied the facility the day Kids left and took over
the Kids' clients. Just over a year later the state closed
Straight down for child abuse.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
|
hospital
records show bleeding from scalp and blurred vision for client
Tony Mitchele. When he became an adult he left but staff member
Tony K. was arrested for trying to kidnap Mitchele back to the
program.
|
Kids, NJ
|
|
|
|
According
to staffer Christy Johnston, Mitchele dropped charges after
Kids promised never to take him back
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Larry Clay
|
|
a legal
adult in home state of Texas held against will
|
KIDS, NJ
|
|
|
|
taken out
by an FBI agent with a subpoena
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criminal
|
|
KIDS' staffer
Alex Zdanow tells West 57th Street he and others were ordered
to take two kids into a room and "throw them around"
|
|
88
|
|
|
no charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
|
|
Newark Administrative
Judge Edith Klinger releases damaging 53 page report on KIDS
saying Many of the deficiencies . . . create hazards to health
and safety
|
Newark,
NJ
|
1989
|
|
|
state health
officials ignored Judge's report and granted Kids a special
license to operate for another 10 years!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Doe
|
King E.
Davis, Commissioner of Dept Mental Health, Virginia, Barry P.
Craig, Dir of Licensure, Dept of Mental Health, VA, host home
parents and Straight-Springfield, Va.
|
13 year-old
sexually abused by old comer in host home bathroom. second offense
for the old comer. Sandra Havrilak, the boy's attorney, sued
Virginia
|
Fairfax,
VA
|
1989
|
1990
|
|
Virginia
Commonwealth Atty determined that Commissioner Davis could not
be sued. But Davis closed Straight after this for a record
of child abuse. Outcome against Straight unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dianne Saccomani
|
Straight,
Inc.
|
breach of
contract. in her response she includes report of findings from
Florida Protective Service System detailing abuses her son Larry
Turner received
|
|
|
1990
|
|
unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. N.
|
Straight-Springfield,
VA,
|
sodomized
by curling iron by 3 old comers for failing to write diary.
Sndra Havrilak thought to be her attorney
|
Fairfax,
VA
|
1989
|
1990
|
|
unknown
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Criminal
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Carlos Lugo,
Michael O'Connor, George Clemence
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KIDS' counselors
Carlos Lugo, Michael O'Connor, George Clemence beat 17 year
old Channery Soto
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New Jersey
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93
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1993
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all three
counselors convicted of assault. fined like $100. Michael
O'Connor admitted that beatings were routine. Judge Emil
DelBaglivo said it was "almost unbelievable" that
the program director would condone violence.
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Criminal
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George Clemence
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charged
for assaulting Michael Siculietano. Clemence was convicted 3
years before for assaulting Channery Soto
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prosecutors
dropped charges without informing Siculietano
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Criminal
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Miller Newton,
et al
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Marilyn
Kearns, age 23, filed police report charging kidnapping, false
imprisonment after she attended sibling rap in Secaucus, NJ
In 1997 a copy of the police report was handed to the FBI
in Newark, NJ
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Hudson County
did not prosecute, nor did the US Justice Dept.
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Criminal
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Patricia
Logan
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assault
on 13 year-old Celena Moore
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NJ
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1-27-98
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convicted
of simple assault Jan 1998
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Criminal
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Jenny Logan,
Erin Moss
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assault
on 13 year-old Celena Moore. Jenny Logan is listed as one of
the defendants in Jennifer Woolston's civil suit against KIDS
of Salt Lake City
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NJ
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1996
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no prosecution
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Criminal
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Erin Moss
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Andrea Jones
complaint against Erin Moss
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KIDS, NJ
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1996
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no prosecution
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Criminal
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Miller Newton
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Sharon Tyler
files charges
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KIDS, NJ
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no prosecution
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Criminal
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Miller Newton
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Chrysis
Johnson files charges
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KIDS, NJ
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1996
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no prosecution
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Administrative
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Essex County
juvenile judge releases John Shaw from KIDS treatment after
personal meeting with him
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KIDS, NJ
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1997
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Criminal
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Dr. Newton
accused by federal prosecutors in Newark of insurance fraud.
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9-96
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Newton agrees
to pay $50,000 to cover 254 counts of insurance fraud but does
not have to plead guilty. Former KIDS psychiatrist Raymond
Edelman admits that KIDS fraudulently used his rubber stamp
after he left the program
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Criminal
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Layne Meechan,
founder of Proctor Advocate, Salt Lake City--which is based,
in part, on Miller Newton's Kids.
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prosecuted
apparently for allowing a girls' peers to abuse her
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1989
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apparently
convicted but overturned by a judge on a technicality.
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Roger Rossano
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KIDS, NJ
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fraudulent
insurance charges
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NJ
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12-96
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KIDS apparently
lost or settled
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James Wright
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Straight-St
Pete, Carl Palumbo, and others
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A Maryland
judge sent Wright to Straight in lieu of jail. Wright said he
entered Straight after 7 hour intake in which he was threatened
with physical harm. claims he was later kidnapped by Calumbo
who represented self as a cop, and others. He was hog tied and
taken back to Florida, but escaped on the way.
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6-18-84
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Straight
settled. outcome on others unknown. Fairfax Judge Bach, who
had sent Fairfax Judge Crounce's son to Straight in lieu
of jail., presided. Judge Crounce filed a writ of habeas
corpus to see own son.
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Father of
Michael Calabrese
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Michael
Calabrese
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Miller Newton
had looked into his eyes and determined Michael was a drug addict.
Father petitioned Orange Cty Court to have his son committed
to Straight.
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Orange Cty,
Fl
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10-15-80
Petition denied.
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Administrative
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HRS-Florida
state health--issued report that Straight threatening kids to
be court ordered or sent to psychiatric hospital unless voluntarily
sign in.
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Pinellas
Cty, Fl
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4-22-81
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Kristina
Mizerak
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Straight-St
Pete, et al
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jumped or
fell from 4th floor window trying to escape from host home or
trying to commit suiicde. says she was sexually abused at Straight.
got a broken back. Her attorney Julian M. Piper also handled
Daniels case.
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Pinellas
Cty, Fl. Circuit Court
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1978
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1981
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settlement.
records sealed but St Pete Times sued in 83 to unseal and Judge
did so.
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Criminal
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US Representative
C. W. Young from Florida announced he was investigating potential
criminal misconduct of Straight-St Pete after receiving 3 complaints,
presumably from out of state.
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4-30-78
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none
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20
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Criminal
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In Jan 1978
Florida health -HRS- released a report stating that 30 allegations
of abuse could not be substantiated. However, Bob Marshall later
publicly stated the report had been toned down. The Florida
Bureau of Criminal Justice & Policy Assistance did its own
report and found that many of the 30 allegations had been substantiated.
Mel Sembler admitted that some Straight people had called the
Secretary of Health. The report also found that in 1.5 years
Straight had admitted 460 kids but only 1 had been black!
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1-78
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Bob Marshall
fired from his job with state health.
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Criminal
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St Pete
Police Officer Hartz, nephew of Straight director Jim Hartz
accused of threatening a kid at Straight by pulling out handcuffs.
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Pinellas
Cty, Fl
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1978
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investigated
by Chief Mac Vines who found no wrong doing. Mac Vines
was on Straight's advisory committee along with Lt David Milchan.
After Bob Marshall fired from HRS Milchan worked for HRS before
becoming Chief of Police for St Pete Beach. Straight co-founder
Joe Zappala's residence. Later Lions Club has Zappala Policeman
of the Year Award.
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Criminal
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Gail Stepheson.
Escaped form Straight, ran to a house asked to use phone, occupants
said OK. Later Straight girls walked into the home without permission
and drug Ms. Stepheson out. This launched a Congressional inquiry
by Florida Congressman Bill Russell. Several people came forward
and said they would testify, but James Russell--the states attorney
did not investigate. Weeks later Stepheson announced she
now wanted to stay in Straight. It was at this time that Mack
Vines who became chief of police and Judge Dadswell joined a
committee to study Bob Marshall, the HRS official investigating
Straight. Marshall was fired. The same had happened in 1973
at the St Pete Seed with Roger Young, then to Jeff Bourgholtzer
whose dad became a founding board member of Straight (Leonard
Lubin, ACLU represented both boys), The same thing happened
to a 16 year old girl who had been abducted from Saint Petersburg
Catholic High School into The Seed with her mother's consent.
All forced to The Seed in 1973, made the newspapers but James
T. Russell, the states attorney who was on The Seed's advisory
board took no action. Allen Allweis, Russell's chief investigator
was on Straight's advisory board and later became a director
on Straight's board of directors. Attorney Myron Mensch
was also on Straight's advisory board and his brother Richard
was an assistant state's attorney.
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David F.
White
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Straight-St
Pete, Jim Hartz, Robin Germann
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kidnapping,
strip search, assault, illegal search, invasion of privacy,
released by writ of habeas corpus, boys dad is prominent area
attorney Jack E. White, who may have later become a judge
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Pinellas
Cty, Fl. may have been in federal court
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11-2-77
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unknown
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Jerry Vancil
escaped from Straight in 1977, got to press and said he had
been beaten. Press investigated and found that an incident had
occurred. Jerry Vancil disappeared and state investigating official
Bob Marshall was fired.
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Pinellas
Cty, Fl
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1977
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