Riot At Lincoln Hall

State and Somers police broke up a riot involving 30 students at Lincoln Hall School for Boys in Somers, NY on Friday. Two employees were injured and five students arrested. For details see the article at the 390.com.

Lincoln Hall is a school for the treatment and rehabilitation of troubled or delinquent male teens. This incident is the latest in a series of problems at the School. In November, police arrested five teens for vandalism or assault in three separate incidents, and in August, police charged two teens with burglary of homes in Somers.

As reported in LoHud.com, Somers Town officials are concerned.

Town officials are requesting a meeting with Lincoln Hall administrators to discuss the surge in violence, said Town Supervisor Mary Beth Murphy.

“In the last six to nine months, Lincoln Hall students have been in our court more than ever,” Murphy said Sunday. “We’re trying to get a meeting with their board of directors to discuss what has to be done. We want to find out what’s changed in the last year to create the situation where there are repeated incidents that seem to be escalating.”

Read the complete LoHud.com story here.

LINKS

http://the390.com/feature/state-police-respond-to-riot-situation-at-lincoln-hall

http://the390.com/feature/multiple-arrests-at-lincoln-hall-town-of-somers

http://somersspectator.blogspot.com/2010/08/news-round-up.html

http://www.lohud.com/article/20101212/NEWS01/12120395/-1/RSS01/Staff%20injured+,%20five%20boys%20arrested%20in%20large%20riot%20at%20Lincoln%20Hall%20in%20Somers