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Four men from New Hampshire and two from Massachusetts were arrested on various aggravated felonious sexual assault charges dating back to the mid-1990s. (New Hampshire Attorney General s Office)
CONCORD, NH An investigation into child abuse and sexual assault allegations at the New Hampshire Youth Development Center by the attorney general s office has led to charges against six men on Wednesday.
The Youth Development Center, now called the John H. Sununu Youth Services Center, is for teenagers who have been found to be juvenile delinquents or have been sentenced to serve time in a secure institutional setting.
Charges were brought against four New Hampshire men: Bradley Asbury, 66, pictured upper left, of Dunbarton, who was charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault-accomplice connected to an allegation from between 1997 and 1998 raised by a former resident; Frank Davis, upper right, 79, of Contoocook, who faces five counts of sexual assault and one aggravated fe
6 charged, including 2 Massachusetts men, in connection with New Hampshire detention center child abuse investigation
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
Posted Apr 07, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo is the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, N.H.AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File
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Six men, including two from Massachusetts, were arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with an ongoing investigation into sex abuse at a New Hampshire detection center.
New Hampshire authorities said 54-year-old Jeffrey Buskey, of Quincy, and 51-year-old Stephen Murphy, of Danvers, were each charged with five counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault stemming from abuse allegations made by former residents of the Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly known as the Youth Development Center.
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Six men are facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing minors at the state’s youth detention facility between 1994 and 2005.
The charges were announced Wednesday by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office, and are part of an ongoing investigation in decades of alleged abuse at what is now called the Sununu Youth Services Center, in Manchester.
The defendants, who range in age from 51 to 79 years old, have not yet entered a plea. They are expected to be arraigned on Thursday.
Two of the men Jeffrey Buskey of Quincy, Mass., and Steven Murphy of Danvers, Mass. were arrested in 2019 on similar allegations of sexually assaulting minors while employed at the facility. Prosecutors dropped those charges last year as the state sought to broaden its investigation.
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Concord, NH New Hampshire Deputy Attorney General Jane E. Young and State Police Colonel Nathan Noyes announce six arrests were made on April 7, 2021, by New Hampshire State Police as a result of the ongoing investigation into the Youth Development Center (YDC).
The current charges are alleged to have occurred between 1994-2005.
The following individuals were arrested:
Bradley Asbury, age 66, Dunbarton, N.H.
1 count of aggravated felonious sexual assault (accomplice)
The charge involves allegations by one former resident of the YDC occurring between 1997-1998
Held without bail; arraignment expected on April, 8, 2021
Jeffrey Buskey, age 54, Quincy, M.A. – arrested by Massachusetts State Police