More foster parents needed in Monroe County
Monroe County Children & Youth s foster care unit says children are being placed into foster care, but there aren t enough foster parents. Author: Amanda Eustice (WNEP) Updated: 5:57 PM EDT August 4, 2021
STROUDSBURG, Pa. For more than 21 years, Glorianna Medina of East Stroudsburg has been fostering children, and she doesn t plan to stop. The most important thing for me is belonging, a sense of belonging. Offering that to a child during a time that s very difficult, Medina said. I think there s a lot of misconceptions/ I think there is a lot of damage control that comes with it, but at the same time, we re talking about a child.
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Five 17-year-old offenders were transferred to New York s Monroe County Jail Monday after they were involved in a brawl at a nearby children s detention center Saturday that left four deputies injured, according to reports.
A fight broke out around 11:43 a.m. between two teens being held at the Monroe County Children s Detention Center in Rush, about 15 miles southwest of Rochester, authorities said. One of the teens was being detained on a murder charge, while the other was being held on a weapon possession charge.
After a youth detention worker unsuccessfully attempted to break up the fight, jail deputies stepped in to help the worker.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Members of the Stop the Violence campaign are calling on the community to step up and help end the recent surge of violence in Rochester.
The group says it wants to see a bigger focus on helping the city s youth. Organizers
pointed to the incident at the Monroe County Children s Detention Center over the weekend as proof of the issues that the age group is facing in the county. It s just not the police, it s not just the parents the family, it s just not the school. it s just not the church, organizer Clay Harris said. But it s all of us as a community because a lot of these young people don t have a role model or even a parent.
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Four Monroe County sheriff s deputies were injured during a fight with youthful offenders Saturday morning at the county children s detention center in Rush.
Sheriff Todd Baxter said the deputies were not gravely injured during the melee. Two teens being held at the facility were also hurt.
According to a county spokesman, a fight broke out between two teens being held at the facility at 11:43 a.m. One is being detained on a murder charge, while the other is being held on a weapon possession charge. The county didn t identify any of the deputies or youthful offenders involved in the alleged fights.