Topic: Chad Youth Enrichment Center

Judge Orders 45 Children Removed From Chad Youth Enrichment Center After Second Death.

By Terry McMoore | June 25, 2007 |

From The Philadelphia Enquirer

The Chad Youth Enhancement Center of Montgomery County TN., a non-custodial placement, 50-bed residential treatment center for youth who have a significant history of emotional and behavioral problems has been informed by Philadelphia, Pa. officials to prepare for the immediate removal and relocation of 45 children from their facility following the recent death of Omega Leach III the second death at this facility in little less than two years.

They have frozen their admission process to Chad pending further investigation, as so ordered by Kevin Dougherty, administrative judge of Philadelphia Family Court. «Read the rest of this article»

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Lawyer Hired by Family of Dead Teen at Chad Youth Enrichment Center

By Terry McMoore | June 24, 2007 |

Omega Leach III‎ became the second youth, in little less than two years, to die at the Chad Youth Enrichment Center located in Clarksville-Montgomery County, TN.

The Family has hired lawyer, Edith Pearce, who has appeared on numerous talk shows, represented numerous clients, while also winning many cases of personal injury to the tune of several multi-million dollar awards.

Jim McDevitt, a private investigator from Philadelphia, Pa who is among the team hired by the attorney representing the family of Mr. Leach, was in Clarksville, TN recently. Mr. McDevitt, along with a dozen other organizations investigating the Chad Youth Enrichment Center, spoke with this writer and I was surprised to learn that Omega Leach III, may have suffered a severe brain injury during this ordeal, which has been omitted thus far and is contrary to the reports of this child dying of an apparent heart attack while being subdued by staff members of the Chad Youth Enrichment Center.

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