Ivy Ridge riot news

[BuzzKill]

Police called to Ivy Ridge to quell 'riot'
by David C. Shampine, Times Staff Writer
First published: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
OGDENSBURG - As many as 30 youths were reported Monday night to have escaped from Ivy Ridge Academy, the Route 37 facility which has been mired in recent months under allegations of abuse of its wards.

A source described the situation later in the night as a "riot," with an "uprising" occurring on the grounds and at least "30 kids off in the woods."

Some minor injuries, possibly from the use of fire extinguishers, were reported.

State troopers and St. Lawrence County sheriff's deputies responded to the site of former Mater Dei College after the escape was reported at 10:24 p.m., according to a police source. Ogdensburg police and the U.S. Border Patrol were also called to assist, and the Ogdensburg and Morristown rescue squads were placed on standby.

Approximately 110 residents of the facility were gathered in the gymnasium while officials were dealing with the escape, and a call went out to install extra lighting, the source said.

Ivy Ridge is a behavior modification center for troubled teens, with a staff of about 150 attending to nearly 500 residents. It recently came under a second round of investigations into allegations of physical abuse against residents. State police have been reported to have two investigations in progress.

A public relations person for Ivy Ridge said early last week that troopers report receiving about 40 calls a day from parents regarding various issues at the facility. None are of a serious nature, he said.

The state attorney general's office has investigated the facility, and in February, Children and Family Services conducted an unannounced visit there in response to physical abuse allegations
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6:30 AM News Update - Students Stage Escape From Ivy Ridge Academy

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STUDENTS STAGE ESCAPE FROM IVY RIDGE ACADEMY


 

A handful of troubled teens broke out of the Ivy Ridge Academy in Ogdensburg last night.

According to reports, the problems began last night around 10:30 PM. A fire alarm was pulled by a group of students who planned to stage a ?riot? in order to escape from the facility. In the process windows were smashed and fire extinguishers were set off.

15-teenagers were missing for a short amount of time. Fights broke out between the students attempting to escape and students who attempted to restrain them. The melee involved 30 students, 8 were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The students involved face expulsion from the academy.

New York State police arrested 10 students and one staff member.

[BuzzKill]

Twelve Ivy Ridge Students Charged With Riot


5/17/05

All of the students involved in Monday night's uprising at Ivy Ridge Academy have been expelled. That's according to the academy's director, Jason Finlinson.

About 12 students and several staff members were injured during Monday night's melee which began when some students attempted an escape.

Ivy Ridge, a few miles west of Ogdensburg on State Route 37 is a corrective facility for troubled teenagers. Parents pay approximately $60,000 to enroll their children in the program.

The facility is on the former campus of Mater Dei College.

State Police say they were called at 10:24 last evening as Academy officials reported a disturbance involving numerous students who intentionally caused damage to the facility and attacked several staff members.

Twenty State Troopers and Investigators responded along with Sheriff's deputies, Ogdensburg City Police and the U.S. Border Patrol.

About 30 students fled the facility in an escape attempt but all were found and returned to the Academy.

State Police say their investigation revealed that the disturbance was organized and initiated by 12 students, all of whom have been charged with Riot, 1st degree along with other charges:

Dustin Kava, 17 - Riot 1st Degree, Assault 3rd, Criminal Mischief 4th
Spagnoli Etienne, 17 - Riot 1st, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th, Harassment 2nd
Artie Conte, 16 - Riot 1st, Criminal Mischief 2nd
Christopher Definis, 17 - Riot 1st, Criminal Mischief 4th
Vadim Soskil, 18 - Riot 1st, Disorderly Conduct
Thomas Jeon, 17 - Riot 1st, Assault 3rd
Brandon Docusen, 16 - Riot 1st, Harassment 2nd
Daniel Burke, 17 - Riot 1st, Disorderly Conduct
Quintin Pedrick, 16 - Riot 1st, Assault 3rd, Criminal Mischief 4th
All nine of the above were arraigned in town of Oswegatchie court and held in St. Lawrence County Jail in lieu of $2500 bail each.

State Police say three 15 year olds were also charged with Riot 1st, Assault 3rd and Menacing 3rd. Their names were not released. They were issued Family Court appearance tickets and returned to Ivy Ridge Academy.

All of those injured in the incident were treated at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center and released.

State Police say the investigation continues and additional arrests are possible.

[Anonymous]

Well, at least these kids will now be spending their time in jail, where they can contact their families, get medical care, and not have their civil rights violated, instead of a gulag.

[Antigen]

Yeah, except for the ones who get sent back, "expelled" and then shipped off to Jamaica. :cry:

A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.
--Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist

[BuzzKill]

My first thought was were there goes a bunch of kids to Jamaca - but the kids have all got charges pending now - They can't send kids with charges pending out of the country can they?

[Anonymous]

the kids were expelled.  that means they aren't going to be allowed or admitted to any of the other wwasps schools.  including jamaica.  the
contracts are very specific about  to the idiot that said they're better off in jail - guess you've never been there to experience the peer sexual abuse, violence, degrading, cliques or whatever.  Guess they don't think it will happen to them.  tough lessons. I'm sorry for the parents that gave so much and now this happens.

[hugakid]

[ This Message was edited by: hugakid on 2005-05-17 20:41 ]

[nite owl]

These kids escaped for a reason - most were old enough to know that their rights are being seriously undermined.  If this was not an abusive facility perhaps the teens would want to stay.  These programs keep children confined and isolated from everything dear to them - their friends, family and support networks. It's no wonder they tried to escape. In detention they will have more rights than they have at IVY ridge. They will be able to visit and talk to family members every day.  They will not be forced to sit and stare at a wall in structure. The abusive methods used at WWASP facilities are illegal to use in juvenile detention.  

Faith is a cop-out. It is intellectual bankruptcy. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits.
--Dan Barker, author and former evangelist

[hugakid]

This is the newest article with their "mugshots." Some will see delinquents when they look at their faces and will say good, they deserve it and it's good there are places like Ivy Ridge.

Then there are the people who understand and know. Know what pain and suffering these children go through in these places. They were most likely running for a very good reason. But now they have records and who knows where they'll go.

Don't doubt for one second that WWASP is going to let them go that easily, contract or not. I would bet just about anything that those kids will find their way (a) back at Ivy Ridge, or (b) in Tranquility Bay, on their faces for months to come. That's my best guess, given their track record. They traffic kids, constantly, from one place to the other.

And in TB, well, they won't have to worry about them revolting when they're locked up in some little room, faces to the ground, restrained until they scream in pain and agony each time they move, why wouldn't they keep the money flowing in for those kids?

I wonder where those boys are tonight. Those of you who pray, I'd say a prayer for them. And for the others left behind, and all kids in these places.

http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/s ... BFCC76B986


I think this one's been posted already, but I'll put them in one place to make it easier:

Twelve Ivy Ridge Students Charged With Riot


5/17/05

All of the students involved in Monday night's uprising at Ivy Ridge Academy have been expelled. That's according to the academy's director, Jason Finlinson.

About 12 students and several staff members were injured during Monday night's melee which began when some students attempted an escape.

Ivy Ridge, a few miles west of Ogdensburg on State Route 37 is a corrective facility for troubled teenagers. Parents pay approximately $60,000 to enroll their children in the program.

The facility is on the former campus of Mater Dei College.

State Police say they were called at 10:24 last evening as Academy officials reported a disturbance involving numerous students who intentionally caused damage to the facility and attacked several staff members.

Twenty State Troopers and Investigators responded along with Sheriff's deputies, Ogdensburg City Police and the U.S. Border Patrol.

About 30 students fled the facility in an escape attempt but all were found and returned to the Academy.

State Police say their investigation revealed that the disturbance was organized and initiated by 12 students, all of whom have been charged with Riot, 1st degree along with other charges:

Dustin Kava, 17 - Riot 1st Degree, Assault 3rd, Criminal Mischief 4th
Spagnoli Etienne, 17 - Riot 1st, Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th, Harassment 2nd
Artie Conte, 16 - Riot 1st, Criminal Mischief 2nd
Christopher Definis, 17 - Riot 1st, Criminal Mischief 4th
Vadim Soskil, 18 - Riot 1st, Disorderly Conduct
Thomas Jeon, 17 - Riot 1st, Assault 3rd
Brandon Docusen, 16 - Riot 1st, Harassment 2nd
Daniel Burke, 17 - Riot 1st, Disorderly Conduct
Quintin Pedrick, 16 - Riot 1st, Assault 3rd, Criminal Mischief 4th
All nine of the above were arraigned in town of Oswegatchie court and held in St. Lawrence County Jail in lieu of $2500 bail each.

State Police say three 15 year olds were also charged with Riot 1st, Assault 3rd and Menacing 3rd. Their names were not released. They were issued Family Court appearance tickets and returned to Ivy Ridge Academy.

All of those injured in the incident were treated at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center and released.

State Police say the investigation continues and additional arrests are possible.


6:30 AM News Update - Students Stage Escape From Ivy Ridge Academy

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STUDENTS STAGE ESCAPE FROM IVY RIDGE ACADEMY

A handful of troubled teens broke out of the Ivy Ridge Academy in Ogdensburg last night.

According to reports, the problems began last night around 10:30 PM. A fire alarm was pulled by a group of students who planned to stage a â??riotâ?

[Nihilanthic]

History of accusations. Pending invesitgations. Riot and escape attempt.

HRM. IF THERE IS SMOKE, WHATS THE CHANCE THAT THERE IS A FIRE, HUH?

BTW, BAGHEAD. I have seen a TON of people who have been in both jail and programs say Jail was better to them! In jail you can actually contact people, get medical care, get a lawyer, etc.. Maybe youd like to ask Antigen about it herself?

"to the idiot that said they're better off in jail - guess you've never been there to experience the peer sexual abuse, violence, degrading, cliques or whatever. Guess they don't think it will happen to them. tough lessons. I'm sorry for the parents that gave so much and now this happens."

The parents gave nothing but money! They sure as hell failed as parents in some manner. Programs are nothing more than abdication of rights and responsibility to some asshole who also takes your money.

And whats that? Peer Sexual abuse, violence, degradation, and cliques? WAIT! THATS WHAT GOES ON IN THE FUCKING PROGRAM! :flame: Those also happen to be classical programs a program supposes a kid will deal with outside of them. Did you get that from one of your seminar handbooks?

Rose colored glasses, two for a dollar! The whole state and all the parents must need to save up and buy a TON because if theyre this dense, or this corrupt, they're going to need them to look at themself in the mirror.

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.
--  J. Robert Oppenheimer

[Antigen]

On 2005-05-17 21:03:00, Nihilanthic wrote:

Maybe youd like to ask Antigen about it herself?

"to the idiot that said they're better off in jail - guess you've never been there to experience the peer sexual abuse, violence, degrading, cliques or whatever. Guess they don't think it will happen to them. tough lessons. I'm sorry for the parents that gave so much and now this happens."

Ok, I've been to a group home in the cracktown section of Sarasota, FL, Macon and Cobb county Georgia JDC and to Straight, Inc., in reverse order. If I had it to do over again, I would have slugged Virgil Newton on my intake and taken 2 years in JDC and the group home. Hands down, no need to ponder the issue. Just before JDC, I was all ready to lung for the cop's gun and/or slug my mother in order to get arrested rather than go back. Thankfully, he told her he couldn't make me go if I didn't want to. Then he asked her to leave and I thanked him sincerely.

If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides.
--Old Yiddish proverb

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[Antigen]

On 2005-05-17 11:15:00, BuzzKill wrote:

New York State police arrested 10 students and one staff member.

What did they arrest the staff member for? Was he helping and Pepper Spray Jay ordered them to? Or are the police maybe actually listening to the detainees?

I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
--Albert Einstein, German-born American physicist

[Nihilanthic]

What I just LOVE is there is no name or mugshot of the ADULT CARETAKER, but mugshots (pathetic ones at that :sad:) and and names, and AGES, of the underage kids who tried to break out.

Isn't that illegal to disclose? Ah, wwasps, clearchannel... you are such whores.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.
-- John Muir

[Anonymous]

to the idiot that said they're better off in jail - guess you've never been there to experience the peer sexual abuse, violence, degrading, cliques or whatever.  Guess they don't think it will happen to them.  tough lessons. I'm sorry for the parents that gave so much and now this happens.   "

The psychological abuse WWASP inflicts on its prisoners is far, far worse than any prison. As I said, in jail, unlike at Ivy Ridge they will not have their civil rights violated. They will be able to get medical care, contact their families, not get restrained or put in solitary confinement for months, not be subjected to Lifespring seminars and Synanon-style groups, etc.

Jail is a far better place for these kids than the program.

[Anonymous]

On 2005-05-17 14:54:00, BuzzKill wrote:

"My first thought was were there goes a bunch of kids to Jamaca - but the kids have all got charges pending now - They can't send kids with charges pending out of the country can they?"

Want a bet?  And even if they don't, they might just convince a nice judge to be "lenient" and court order them to Jamaica.