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Project 1 : Peninsula Village Exposed [Writing Phase]
ZenAgent:
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ZenAgent:
--- Quote from: "psy" ---A website with somebody willing to testify to or submit evidence of abuse at PV:
http://teenhelptroubledteen.4t.com/index.html
Might be useful for a testimonial
It's also here:
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?st ... 5#comments
Can't find an author, though. I wonder who it is.
--- End quote ---
Both are by WeAreNotFree/FreeWeAreNot.
ZenAgent:
Md. Seeks Return of Teen in Sex Case
Potomac Youth's Plea Arrangement for Out-of-State Treatment Falls Through
[FINAL Edition]
The Washington Post - Washington, D.C.
Author: Fredrick Kunkle
Date: Jul 1, 2003
Start Page: B.05
Section: METRO
Document Types: News
Text Word Count: 764
Copyright The Washington Post Company Jul 1, 2003
PUBLISHED CORRECTIONS: The role of Lance D. Clawson was incorrectly reported in a July 1 article about a Montgomery County court case. Clawson is the court-appointed clinical overseer in the case involving Andrew G. Klepper. (Published 7/16/03)
Tennessee has refused to allow a Montgomery County teenager who took part in the sexual assault of a call girl to continue receiving treatment there, and Maryland correctional officials have asked a judge to force his return to Maryland.
Andrew G. Klepper, 16, a former Walt Whitman High School student, began treatment at Peninsula Village in Tennessee soon after he was released on bail following the November assault. He avoided jail in a plea bargain in May that included his pleading guilty and agreeing to continue treatment at the facility.
But Tennessee authorities have refused to assume responsibility for Klepper's supervision, and without that he is not permitted to remain in the state, according to court documents and correctional officials.
As a result, agents in Maryland's Division of Parole and Probation have asked for an arrest warrant to compel his return to Maryland.
"The fact of the matter is, Tennessee did not want this young man under any conditions," said Mark Vernarelli, a division spokesman.
Peninsula Village is a coeducational facility, located near Knoxville in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, that treats severely troubled youths with six to eight weeks in a locked admissions unit and then intensive group therapy in an outdoor setting, according to its Web site. The cost of the facility was borne by Klepper's parents -- Martin Klepper, a lawyer, and Abby Jean Golden, a school guidance counselor.
Under the terms of his plea bargain, the Potomac youth was to continue treatment at Peninsula Village for another year to 18 months before enrolling in an unspecified boarding school that specializes in handling troubled youths.
His five-year term of probation was to be carried out under the guidance of his treating psychiatrist, Lance D. Clawson, in consultation with the office of Montgomery County State's Attorney Douglas F. Gansler.
But the terms of his probation ran afoul of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision, which says that a convicted offender cannot leave his home state unless the state to which he is sent agrees to supervise him, according to Maryland parole and probation officials. Tennessee officials pointed out that Klepper had no family ties, no permanent residence and no employment in Tennessee.
On Friday, parole and probation agent John Hafer filed court papers asking Circuit Court Judge John W. Debelius III, who sentenced Klepper, to issue an arrest warrant forcing Klepper's return. As of yesterday, the warrant had not been signed, Vernarelli said.
On May 28, Klepper pleaded guilty as an adult to charges that he and two fellow students attacked the woman after luring her to Klepper's home Nov. 8 with an offer to participate in an adult movie. The woman was struck by a baseball bat, threatened with a knife and then sodomized at knifepoint with the bat handle and a large ink marker. The attackers also stole at least $2,100 from her and threatened to hurt her if she reported the incident.
Klepper, who was 15 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty to robbery, first-degree assault and fourth-degree sexual offense, reduced from first-degree sexual offense. The judge suspended a 15- year prison sentence and imposed five years probation.
After Tennessee rejected Klepper, the judge conducted a "hearing" in chambers in an attempt to modify the terms of Klepper's probation to satisfy Tennessee officials. The judge changed Klepper's probation status from "supervised" to "unsupervised," but that modification also ran afoul of Tennessee, parole and probation officials said.
On June 17, a letter was mailed to Klepper, advising him to return to Maryland. That letter was received by officials at Peninsula Village two days later, but on Hafer's instructions, the letter was not given to Klepper, pending the outcome of the June 19 meeting with Debelius.
After Tennessee again rejected Klepper, Maryland probation officials notified Jean Bolding, Klepper's caseworker at Peninsula Village, to give him the letter. But Bolding, on the instructions of Klepper's attorney, Paul F. Kemp, did not release the letter, and parole and probation requested a warrant, the papers say. Bolding also did not return a call seeking comment.
Gansler is vacationing in Maine. Calls to John McLane, Gansler's director of communications, and the two assistant state's attorneys who handled the case were not returned yesterday. Calls to Kemp were not returned. Mitchell S. Ettinger, who also represented Andrew Klepper, was out of the office yesterday.
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Jean Bolding, the PV family therapist who refused to deliver the MD Court's letter was fired from the program in 2003. PV rehired Bolding this year as Director of Family Therapy. Bolding was also involved in former PV patient Matthew Grant's murder trial in NC (Docs are coming). Grant's defense had Bolding testify, but she did more for the prosecution. She described Grant as a fiend beyond help who fantasized about drive-by shootings. She didn't want to get shit on PV's good name.
ZenAgent:
http://thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 7764826440
Theft, filed 5/30/03, The Daily Times
Thefts
Blount County
* Phillip W. Cooper, Knoxville, reported at 7:11 a.m. May 30 that, while he was doing counseling work at Peninsula Village, Jones Bend Road, Louisville, he was grabbed by one of the male juveniles in the group and his car keys fell from his pocket during the struggle. He said another of the youths picked up the keys, then the two boys left through a window. He said he later saw his car leave the property but did not know who was in the vehicle. Runaway reports were filed on the youths, a 17-year-old from Kingsport and a 16-year-old from Ohio, who are both in state custody.
ZenAgent:
Assault, filed 12/9/03, The Daily Times:
http://thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 7764826440
Other reports
* A 26-year-old Knoxville woman working at Peninsula Village, Jones Bend Road, Louisville, reported at 3:08 p.m. Dec. 9 a 17-year-old female patient there punched her in the head and pulled her hair. Two other employees reported they were either bitten or hit by the girl. Legal options were explained
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