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A former worker at a New Hampshire youth detention center recently charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape was fired years before that, over allegations of physical and psychological abuse, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
But Bradley Asbury, now 66, was rehired under an agreement that kept his termination out of his personnel file, the court records show.
Asbury, of Dunbarton, was charged April 7 with being an accomplice to the rape of a boy at the Youth Development Center in 1997 or 1998. Prosecutors say he and a colleague at the Manchester facility held the teen down while two other staffers sexually assaulted him in the dormitory where Asbury served as house leader.
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Arrested youth detention center worker was fired, rehired
In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, file photo, Bradley Asbury is arraigned via video as Judge William Lyons presides, at right, at Manchester, N.H., District Court in connection with sexual abuse allegations at the Sununu Youth Services Center, a state-run youth detention center. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Asbury, charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape at the youth detention center, had been fired years earlier. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Holly Ramer
FILE - In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, file photo, Bradley Asbury is arraigned via video as Judge William Lyons presides, at right, at Manchester, N.H. District Court, in connection with sexual abuse allegations at the Sununu Youth Services Center, a state-run youth detention center. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Asbury, charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape at the youth detention center, had been fired years earlier. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) May 06, 2021 - 8:50 AM
CONCORD, N.H. - A former worker at a New Hampshire youth detention centre recently charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape was fired years before that, over allegations of physical and psychological abuse, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Arrested New Hampshire youth detention center worker was fired, rehired
A New Hampshire man now charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape at a youth detention center had been fired years earlier.
By HOLLY RAMERAssociated Press
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CONCORD, N.H. A former worker at a New Hampshire youth detention center recently charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape was fired years before that, over allegations of physical and psychological abuse, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
But Bradley Asbury, now 66, was rehired under an agreement that kept his termination out of his personnel file, the court records show.
CONCORD A former worker at a New Hampshire youth detention center recently charged with holding down a teenage boy during a rape was fired years before that, over allegations of physical and psychological abuse, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
But Bradley Asbury, now 66, was rehired under an agreement that kept his termination out of his personnel file, the court records show.
Asbury, of Dunbarton, was charged April 7 with being an accomplice to the rape of a boy at the Youth Development Center in 1997 or 1998. Prosecutors say he and a colleague at the Manchester facility held the teen down while two other staffers sexually assaulted him in the dormitory where Asbury served as house leader.