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CONCORD, N.H. — Four former youth detention center workers charged in connection with the rape of a teenage boy were known as the “hit squad” and “muscle” of their dormitory, a New Hampshire state trooper testified Friday. “The next thing he knew, he was being carried by the four men up a set of stairs,” Trooper Joshua Beauchemin said at …
CONCORD, N.H. — A former youth detention center worker accused of responding to a bruised and crying teenager’s rape allegations by saying, “Look little fella, that just doesn’t happen,” was arrested Thursday in the latest development in a broad investigation into the New Hampshire facility. “Searles cut him off, responding ‘Look little fella, that just doesn’t happen.’ Then Searles left.” …
