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CAICA PRESS RELEASE
Randall Hinton Arrested
 Canon
City, CO (January 10, 2007) Randall Hinton, who has long history of
working with troubled youth, was arrested last night. In a telephone
interview with Jeff Worley, an Investigator with the Canon City
Police Department in Canon City, CO, CAICA learned a search was done
on the premises. According to Officer Worley, a vast majority of the
students were interviewed.
Officer Worley also stated that,
“Hinton was arrested on charges of false imprisonment, which is a
felony because it was accomplished with the use of force. He was
also arrested on multiple counts of third-degree assault and for
reckless endangerment. In Colorado, that means he placed another
person, in this case, at risk of serious bodily injury.”
There is an ongoing investigation.
Randall Hinton (Center)
This is not the first time we have
heard about Randall Hinton abusing children. In a June 22, 2006,
Rough Love article written by Joanne Greene of the Miami New Times,
Hinton was quoted as saying, “I think I can remember Layne being
pepper-sprayed more than once a day. I know he was pepper-sprayed
more than two times a day. I don’t think it would have been more
than three times ... and from somebody on the outside looking in, I
would say it would be abusive.” (Click on link below.)
Hinton was formerly employed by
Teen Help, Tranquility Bay, Carolina Springs Academy, and Academy of
Dundee Ranch (which was closed due to allegations of child abuse and
neglect). All of these programs were associated with the World Wide
Association of Specialty Programs and Schools (WWASP aka WWASPS).
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