/ West Ridge Academy in West Jordan, pictured in January.
A staffer at West Ridge Academy, a Utah facility for “troubled teens,” is facing a child abuse charge after prosecutors say he fractured a teen’s wrist during a restraint.
Tyler Haun Feinga, 21, was charged last week with the class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to a year in jail.
Charging records say Feinga told investigators he hurt the youth after the 15-year-old boy was “being loud and disruptive in class” on Jan. 4.
Feinga said he tried to put the youth in a hold, but he resisted. The staffer said he then put the boy in a “bent wrist procedure,” which was also described as a “gooseneck hold.” While Feinga allegedly applied pressure, the boy’s wrist popped and was fractured.