​​Public comment: Residents urge city to find a way to protect YDC property

read more…: ​​Public comment: Residents urge city to find a way to protect YDC property

Public comment during the Oct. 21 meeting was uncharacteristically brief, but two Ward 1 residents made their voices heard over the future of the former Sununu Youth Development Center property, urging city leaders to keep control of the site’s destiny and maintain their neighborhood’s quiet, residential character.

Oct. 16 meeting a pivotal step in redevelopment of 150-acre Sununu Center YDC property

read more…: Oct. 16 meeting a pivotal step in redevelopment of 150-acre Sununu Center YDC property

The future of the 144-bed Sununu Youth Services Center will take center stage on Oct. 16 when the public is invited to hear from city and state officials at Brady Sullivan Tower, 1750 Elm St., to discuss what many describe as a once-in-a-generation redevelopment opportunity for Manchester, the region, and the state.

Jury deliberating case of former YDC counselor accused of being an accomplice to teen’s rapes

read more…: Jury deliberating case of former YDC counselor accused of being an accomplice to teen’s rapes

James Woodlock is either a man who beat and choked a 16-year-old boy and acted as a lookout so his Youth Development Center co-workers could rape the teen, as prosecutors contend, or he is an innocent man accused of horrific acts that he says never happened, per the defense

Ex-YDC supervisor sentenced to 20 to 40 years in case judge calls ‘most sadistic’ he’s seen 

read more…: Ex-YDC supervisor sentenced to 20 to 40 years in case judge calls ‘most sadistic’ he’s seen 

Judge N. William Delker, in sentencing former Youth Development Center employee Bradley Asbury to 20-to-40-years in prison, said the former supervisor used his power to violate a 14-year-old boy in the “most violent and humiliating way possible.”

Former YDC employee, convicted for role in teen’s sex assault, was fired years earlier from similar job for making threats

read more…: Former YDC employee, convicted for role in teen’s sex assault, was fired years earlier from similar job for making threats

Four years before Bradley Asbury held down a 14-year-old boy with the help of a co-worker at the Youth Development Center while two other workers raped the teen, he was fired from a similar job at a Concord facility for threatening the safety of residents among other things, according to documents made public this week.

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