BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland authorities are investigating what state police describe as a riot at a privately run treatment center on the grounds of a state juvenile detention facility.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the disturbance occurred Dec. 24 at the Chesapeake Treatment Center on the grounds of the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School.
Police said in court documents that troopers were called to the facility by a staff member and encountered juveniles and adults conspiring to takeover the center, destroying furniture and breaking windows and doors.
“A locked ‘nurse’s station’ was breached by breaking a window and various controlled narcotics, syringes and medical supplies were taken,” police wrote in charging documents.
The center’s executive director, Sandra Whitney, said in a statement that the damage was “relatively limited.”
Police said 19 detainees were involved in the uprising. Seven have been charged as adults with rioting, second-degree escape and malicious destruction of property and were ordered to be held without bail, according to court records.
Eric Solomon, a spokesman for the Department of Juvenile Services, said Tuesday that no youth or staff were injured,and that DJS is working with state police and center officials to investigate the incident.
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