Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire
Meehan, the first witness, says Buskey abused him nearly daily and helped trigger more than 1,100 lawsuits and nine additional arrests.
- On Monday, former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey faces trial for 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault involving David Meehan, whose 2019 allegations sparked an unprecedented criminal investigation in New Hampshire.
- Meehan filed the first of more than 1,100 lawsuits alleging abuse spanning six decades, triggering the arrest of Buskey and eight others and leading to a settlement fund for victims.
- The Sununu Youth Services Center once housed upward of 100 children but now typically serves fewer than a dozen. Buskey denied the allegations, saying "I was always nice to the kid, I was always trying to help him."
- A jury awarded Meehan $38 million in May 2024, though that verdict remains in dispute as the state seeks to reduce the judgment to $475,000.
- Lawmakers have approved closing the Sununu Youth Services Center and replacing it with a smaller building in a new location. In separate criminal cases, Bradley Asbury, Stanley Watson, and James Woodlock have been convicted.
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Youth Detention Center Sex Abuse Trial Ends Abruptly
A New Hampshire judge declared a military Tuesday in the case of a formation youth custody center worker charged with repaintedly raping a teenage boy after his accuser briefly tested about allegations envolving other staff. Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, is charged with 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault...
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Mistrial declared in New Hampshire youth detention center sex abuse case
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a former New Hampshire youth detention center worker charged with repeatedly raping a teenage boy. Tuesday's decision came on the second day of testimony in Jeffrey Buskey's trial on 21 counts…
Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire – WTOP News
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A sexual assault trial started Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history. Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester...
Ex-youth detention center counselor faces sex assault trial in New Hampshire - Regional Media News
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A sexual assault trial starts Monday for a New Hampshire man whose arrest more than seven years ago kicked off one of the biggest youth detention scandals in U.S. history. Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving [...]
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