Cinnamon Hills; Joy Lynette Andrews arrested/charged

[Inculcated]

Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center Staff Member Arrested
By Trina Cobbley
Story Created: Oct 23, 2008

A staff member of the Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis center in St. George has been arrested on charges of alleged sexual abuse involving a youth client.

33 year old Joy Lynette Andrews was taken into custody last night after school officials learned of an alleged sexual relationship between Andrews and a 17 year old female who had been participating in a crisis program.

Cinnamon Hills helps in the treatment of youth that have behavioral Issues, Chemical Dependency or Addiction Issues and Mental Health Issues.
Andrews was arrested on charges of forcible sex abuse a 2nd degree felony and forcible sodomy a 1st degree felony
She was released this morning from the purgatory correctional facility after posting bail
The incident is still under investigation
A staff member of the Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis center in St. George has been arrested on charges of alleged sexual abuse involving a youth client.

33 year old Joy Lynette Andrews was taken into custody last night after school officials learned of an alleged sexual relationship between Andrews and a 17 year old female who had been participating in a crisis program.

Cinnamon Hills helps in the treatment of youth that have behavioral Issues, Chemical Dependency or Addiction Issues and Mental Health Issues.
Andrews was arrested on charges of forcible sex abuse a 2nd degree felony and forcible sodomy a 1st degree felony
She was released this morning from the purgatory correctional facility after posting bail
The incident is still under investigation

http://www.kcsg.com/news/local/33200909.html

Educator appears in court in sex-abuse case
ST. GEORGE -- Joy Lynette Andrews, 33, made her first appearance in court Thursday in connection with charges that she engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl.

Andrews is charged with forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. The charges stem from a police investigation that indicated Andrews, who was a staff member at Cinnamon Hills, a facility for troubled youths, met the girl when the girl was a resident there.

Andrews has denied the allegations.

She appeared before 5th District Judge James Shumate, who set a hearing for Andrews for Nov. 24 before Judge Eric Ludlow.

An official at Cinnamon Hills declined comment on Andrews' employment status.
-- Linda Thomson
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... g=untagged

Wed Sep 16, 2009
TheSpectrum.com

Trial on sex charges postponed

ST. GEORGE - The defense attorney for former Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center counselor Joy Lynette Andrews won a postponement of her trial Wednesday on charges she had a sexual relationship with a girl housed at the center in 2008.

http://www.topix.com/city/provo-ut/2009/09

[Ursus]

Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center Staff Member Arrested
By Trina Cobbley
Story Created: Oct 23, 2008

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http://www.kcsg.com/news/local/33200909.html

Pic from the first story (a news video for this story is no longer active since this happened a year ago):


Joy Andrews
Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center Staff Member Arrested

[Ursus]

Educator appears in court in sex-abuse case

ST. GEORGE -- Joy Lynette Andrews, 33, made her first appearance in court Thursday in connection with charges that she engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl.

Andrews is charged with forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. The charges stem from a police investigation that indicated Andrews, who was a staff member at Cinnamon Hills, a facility for troubled youths, met the girl when the girl was a resident there.

Andrews has denied the allegations.

She appeared before 5th District Judge James Shumate, who set a hearing for Andrews for Nov. 24 before Judge Eric Ludlow.

An official at Cinnamon Hills declined comment on Andrews' employment status.

-- Linda Thomson
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_q ... g=untagged

Newspaper and date for the above article (second story) as noted on the link: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); Nov 2, 2008

Another version of the same article was originally posted on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 12:02 a.m. MDT: original LINK

[Ursus]

Trial on sex charges postponed

ST. GEORGE - The defense attorney for former Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center counselor Joy Lynette Andrews won a postponement of her trial Wednesday on charges she had a sexual relationship with a girl housed at the center in 2008.

http://www.topix.com/city/provo-ut/2009/09

The original story, generating the above Topix thread (nonexistent as of yet?), follows below:

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The Spectrum
Trial on sex charges postponed
BY KEVIN JENKINS • kevin@thespectrum.com • September 10, 2009

ST. GEORGE - The defense attorney for former Cinnamon Hills Youth Crisis Center counselor Joy Lynette Andrews won a postponement of her trial Wednesday on charges she had a sexual relationship with a girl housed at the center in 2008.

Andrews' attorney, Douglas Terry, asked Judge Eric Ludlow to delay the 5th District Court jury trial planned for five days beginning Sept. 28 to better prepare for a difficult case.

"It's going to be a complicated and lengthy trial and we need additional time to prepare," Terry said.

"There's just a lot of people involved," he said. "It was a pretty quick setting for a trial of this nature."

Andrews pleaded not guilty in June to charges of one count of forcible sodomy, a first-degree felony, and one count of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, stemming from an alleged relationship that reportedly began in June 2008 with a then-16-year-old from northern Utah housed at the center.

The alleged victim testified at a June hearing on the case that her relationship with Andrews was good, and that she had initially denied to a northern Utah judge that a relationship existed because she wanted to protect Andrews, and that she was not under oath when she spoke with the judge.

The girl said the matter was brought forward to law enforcement after she confided in a counselor and a staff member at a different group home in Provo earlier this year.

County Attorney Ryan Shaum said he was not surprised by the request to continue the trial to a later date and did not argue against the motion.

"We had our subpoenas out and we were planning to go to trial," he said. "But we do understand this was a fairly quick setting on a trial that was supposed to last at least a week."

Ludlow scheduled a status hearing for Jan. 6 to review the progress of the case.


Copyright ©2009 The Spectrum

[Ursus]

News of this case even made it to that Nova Scotian grandmother who is still fighting to keep her grandson's placement closer to home:

Outraged, Gloria, whose name and that of her grandson have been changed, poured thousands of dollars into legal services to fight the decision, but the judge upheld the ruling. By then, her concern had become about more than the distance: it emerged that a former Cinnamon Hills worker, Joy Lynette Andrews, was facing charges relating to an alleged sexual relationship with a 16-year-old resident. (The 34-year-old pleaded not guilty last month.) Though Nathan didn't end up going to Utah (he was deemed inadmissible to the U.S.), the alternative of Trenton has left Gloria only marginally less desperate. "He doesn't need to be going where he's going," she says. "That child needs to be loved." (Days after his arrival in Trenton, Nathan ran away. He was later returned by police.)[/i][/list]

[Oscar]

How many cases are there of this kind at this specific facility?

The Wiki datasheet mentions a 25 year old staff member having a sexual relationship with a girl in January 2008.

[Inculcated]

At least Two too many so far…

[Ursus]

How many cases are there of this kind at this specific facility?

The Wiki datasheet mentions a 25 year old staff member having a sexual relationship with a girl in January 2008.

That article copied out for posterity's sake:

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Deseret News
Man busted for sex with 17-year-old runaway
Published: Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 1:38 p.m. MST

ST. GEORGE — Police have arrested a man they allege had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old runaway from a center for troubled teens.

Police said the girl was allowed to leave the Cinnamon Hills youth crisis center to visit her family earlier this month and ran away from them. She contacted a 25-year-old staff member of the center, officers said.

"They were friends and she called him and they went and had a sexual encounter that afternoon," St. George Police Sgt. Craig Harding said Thursday.

The girl was returned to her parents several hours later. During their investigation, police said the girl disclosed the sexual encounter. Harding said the man then corroborated it. The man was booked into the Purgatory Jail on investigation of unlawful sexual conduct by a person in a position of trust.

Police said there is no evidence the two had a sexual relationship while the girl was at the center.


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Comments for the above article, "Man busted for sex with 17-year-old runaway":


Anonymous | 7:19 p.m. Jan. 24, 2008

A seventeen year old is old enough to be tried as an adult in murder, but not old enough to decide what to do with her body? Lets get serious.

To: anon @7:19 | 8:49 p.m. Jan. 24, 2008

He was in a position of trust, like a therapist. He took avantage of the relationship. Any time a person is in a "center" the employees must remain professional. He did not. Nothing to do with her age.

Anonymous | 6:08 p.m. Jan. 26, 2008

It has everything to do with age. She was still under 18. I highly doubt he took advantage of the situation at all; 17 year olds are old enough to have consensual sex. The U.S. needs to get with the rest of the industrialized world and lower the age for consensual sex to 16 (granted, it would still be illegal in this case because of the position of authority thing, but my point still stands).

Jo | 2:26 p.m. July 29, 2009

I was at this "center" (age 17, 98/99)it is NOT what it seems. My probation officer sent me there even though i had NO drug,alcohol addictions. They say its for teens with behavior issues. However my only issue was that my dad told me to get out of his house when i was 16 because i had a boyfriend who came over while my parents were gone. Obey my rules or get out" kinda thing. So i left. My BOYFRIEND then robbed my aunt of some jewelry and, being a lovesick puppy... i decided to take the blame so that he wouldnt go to jail. ( he was fresh out of boot-camp) I was naive not unruly, out of control. I didnt deserve to go there. The "treatment center" is NOT a safe place for kids. That is the bottom line. It needs to be closed immediately. I was there for 11 months. A place that inhumane should NEVER be an option. Not ever.

R2D2 | 5:17 p.m. Oct. 24, 2009

It's age AND "position of trust" issues. If she was 17 and not at this facility, it would NOT be okay. If she was 19 while at this facility, it would STILL NOT be okay. He took advantage of his former authority over her.

[Anonymous]

Joy Lynette sounds like a work of art.  I hope she gets life in prison if a jury finds her guilty.  She will have fun with inmates who are "sexually aggressive."

[Inculcated]

09:00 AM      STATUS REVIEW                     STG 081501830 State Felony
         STATE OF UTAH                            ATTY: SHAUM, RYAN J
     VS.    
         ANDREWS, JOY LYNETTE                     ATTY: TERRY, DOUGLAS D
            OTN: 31522204    DOB: 03/11/1975
                                                       STOUT, RYAN D
         F1 - FORCIBLE SODOMY                                - 10/22/08
         F2 - FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE                          - 10/22/08
http://www.terrylee.com/utcourtcal.cfm?court=37

She appeared before 5th District Judge James Shumate, who set a hearing for Andrews for Nov. 24 before Judge Eric Ludlow.

Ludlow scheduled a status hearing for Jan. 6 to review the progress of the case.

[Che Gookin]

To bad we can't get a banner at the top of the  page like TAUSA and ISAC has for each of the douchebags that gets themselves arrested.

[Ursus]

I take it that today is the day for that status review... Paraphrase of the above link:

Status Review of the case will be heard Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 9:00 AM in the 5th District Court (St. George, UT), Courtroom 3D, the Hon. James L Shumate presiding.[/list]