Man Charged With Lying to Police About Youth Center Abuse

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An Epping man has been accused of mendacity to police investigating abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention middle.

In accordance with the lawyer common’s workplace, the 24-year-old man was charged Tuesday with making a false report back to regulation enforcement for telling state troopers that somebody tried to sexually assault him. A telephone quantity for the person couldn’t be situated Wednesday, and it was unclear whether or not he has an lawyer.

The Sununu Youth Companies Heart in Manchester has been the goal of a legal investigation since 2019, and 11 former staff have been arrested final April. Lawmakers are contemplating a $100 million fund to settle claims introduced by practically 450 former residents who’ve sued the state with allegations involving greater than 150 staffers from 1963 to 2018.

In June, one other man was charged with 4 counts of offering a false report back to regulation enforcement. In accordance with court docket paperwork, he instructed police he was abused a number of occasions by two staffers on the middle however information confirmed that he had by no means been at that facility.

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