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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Aug 17, 2022, 11:00 AM Aug 2022

Officer fired, arrested after child dies following 'fight game' inside youth detention center

An officer who “allowed juveniles to participate in a fight game” inside a Georgia youth detention center has been fired and charged with murder after one of the children died, authorities said.

Thomas Lee Hicks was a juvenile correctional officer at the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center, where the victim lost consciousness “in the presence of a staff member and other juveniles at the facility” on Aug. 9, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

The child was taken to Memorial Health Hospital in Savannah and later died. His name and his age were not released.

Hicks, 30, was arrested Tuesday on one count of second-degree murder, two counts of cruelty to children and one count of violation of oath of office after the state agency’s investigation revealed that he was the staff member who allowed the children to participate in the game.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/officer-fired-arrested-after-child-dies-following-fight-game-inside-youth-detention-center/ar-AA10LvUR

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Officer fired, arrested after child dies following 'fight game' inside youth detention center (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 OP
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